Fruita · 2022 public safety benchmarks

Name: Fruita, CO public safety benchmarks
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Mesa County · Western Slope · Pop. 14,003 (2025 estimate); 2022 per-resident figures use 13,771 · Public safety data 2016–2025

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Year

2022 in brief

Fruita spent $174 per resident on police in FY2022, 54% below the median of the 71 Colorado municipalities reporting. It had 1.3 sworn officers per 1,000 residents in 2022, 31% below its peers. Reported violent crime was 2.3 per 1,000 residents, 5% below the Colorado median, and property crime was 50% below the median. Police cleared 43.8% of reported violent crimes, 33% below peers.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its source.

Notes: spending is fiscal-year Census data; staffing and crime are calendar-year FBI data via CBI. Dollars are nominal. Definitions: orivian.ai/benchmarks/methodology#public-safety

Compared with

The finance peers: nearest on population, household income and region

Reporting agency: Fruita Police Department (ORI CO0390200) · 12 of 12 months reported.

Spending & staffing

Spending: FY2022, the government's fiscal year (Census). Staffing: 2022, sworn officers on the payroll October 31 (FBI).

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2022
Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

$174

60% below peers

Peer median: $431
CO median · 71 with a published figure Median of the 71 Colorado municipalities with FY2022 Census finance data. In Census of Governments years the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $377
Position: Higher than 7% of the 71 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2022
Police spending for the fiscal year divided by sworn officers on the payroll as of October 31 of that year. Spending covers civilian staff, equipment and construction as well as officer pay, so this is not a salary figure. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

$132.8K

37% below peers

Peer median: $211.4K
CO median · 66 with a published figure Median of the 66 Colorado municipalities with FY2022 Census finance data. In Census of Governments years the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $200.1K
Position: Higher than 8% of the 66 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2022

1.3

31% below peers

per 1,000 residents

Peer median: 1.9
CO median · 155 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published officers per 1,000 residents for 2022.: 1.9
Position: Higher than 30% of the 155 reporting
5-year change: +0.1 per 1,000

Reported outcomes

Reported crime reflects what is reported to police and how it is recorded, not only how much crime occurs.

Violent crime rate (definition)2022

2.3

18% below peers

per 1,000 residents

Peer median: 2.8
CO median · 121 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published violent crime rate for 2022.: 2.4
Position: Higher than 45% of the 121 reporting
5-year change: +0.5 per 1,000

Property crime rate (definition)2022

10.2

61% below peers

per 1,000 residents

Peer median: 26.6
CO median · 121 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published property crime rate for 2022.: 20.6
Position: Higher than 23% of the 121 reporting
5-year change: −2.1 per 1,000

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2022
A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.

43.8%

33% below peers

Peer median: 65.5%
CO median · 68 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published violent crime clearance rate for 2022.: 50.0%
Position: Higher than 42% of the 68 reporting
5-year change: +1.4 pts

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2022
A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.

18.4%

32% below peers

Peer median: 27.0%
CO median · 107 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published property crime clearance rate for 2022.: 16.1%
Position: Higher than 61% of the 107 reporting
5-year change: −1.3 pts

How this number was calculated

Police spending per resident · $174

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

1Metric
$174 Police spending divided by population
= Police spending ÷ population
Full definition: Police spending per resident
2Inputs
Police spending $2.4M ÷ population 13,771 (2022 estimate)
3Census line items
- E62 Police protection, current operations
- F62 Police protection, construction
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2022
  Survey file
  2023
  The 2023 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 is FY2022.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2022
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

Fruita and its peers

The same five peers as the finance pages. Police spending is per resident for the fiscal year shown; staffing and crime are per 1,000 residents for 2022. How peers are chosen

Fruita compared with its peer municipalities: police spending per resident and per-1,000 staffing and crime rates
Municipality	Police spendingper resident · FY2022	Officers per 1,000 residentsper 1,000 · 2022	Violent crimeper 1,000 · 2022	Property crimeper 1,000 · 2022	Violent crime clearance2022
	Fiscal year · Census	Calendar year · FBI via CBI
Fruita	$174	1.3	2.3	10.2	43.8%
Rifle	$331	1.6	4.0	19.7	52.4%
Glenwood Springs	$431	2.0	3.6	38.0	35.1%
Steamboat Springs	$428	1.8	2.4	15.6	75.0%
Montrose	$514	1.9	1.4	26.6	90.0%
Durango	$459	2.7	2.8	31.3	65.5%
Peer median	$431	1.9	2.8	26.6	65.5%

Trends

Police spending by fiscal year; staffing and crime by calendar year. Lines break where a year is missing or withheld; nothing is interpolated.

This city
Peer median
Withheld (shown on the axis, no value)

Police spending per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Census definition change: Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Peer group changed in FY2022, the same year as the census definition change. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Police spending per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$153	$346	$272 (179 reporting, sample year)
FY2018	$165	$344	$312 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$152	$345	$330 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$169	$367	$367 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$192	$388	$332 (174 reporting, sample year)
FY2022	$174	$431	$377 (71 reporting, sample year)

Officers per 1,000 residents

Calendar year

Peer group changed in 2022, 2025. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Officers per 1,000 residents by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2016	1.2	2.1	2.4 (145 reporting, sample year)
2017	1.2	1.8	2.2 (145 reporting, sample year)
2018	1.2	2.1	2.2 (152 reporting, sample year)
2019	1.1	2.0	2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2020	1.2	2.0	2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2021	1.3	1.8	2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2022	1.3	1.9	1.9 (155 reporting, sample year)
2023	1.3	2.1	2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2024	1.4	2.1	2.4 (155 reporting, sample year)
2025	1.3	2.1	2.5 (143 reporting, sample year)

Violent crime rate

Calendar year

Peer group changed in 2022, 2025. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Violent crime rate by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2016	1.2	2.1	1.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
2017	1.9	2.3	1.7 (129 reporting, sample year)
2018	2.0	3.3	2.1 (126 reporting, sample year)
2019	1.6	2.1	2.0 (130 reporting, sample year)
2020	1.3	2.1	2.0 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021	2.1	4.1	2.5 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022	2.3	2.8	2.4 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023	0.6	3.3	2.5 (122 reporting, sample year)
2024	0.1	3.1	2.1 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025	0.1	2.5	2.1 (139 reporting, sample year)

Property crime rate

Calendar year

Peer group changed in 2022, 2025. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Property crime rate by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2016	13.4	26.4	22.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
2017	12.3	31.3	21.6 (129 reporting, sample year)
2018	15.4	35.0	20.2 (126 reporting, sample year)
2019	14.6	27.8	18.3 (130 reporting, sample year)
2020	11.7	26.6	19.5 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021	11.1	24.6	20.9 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022	10.2	26.6	20.6 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023	10.0	23.1	19.6 (122 reporting, sample year)
2024	7.8	22.9	15.9 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025	8.8	15.9	13.6 (139 reporting, sample year)

About these numbers

The city's own published statistics may differ: CBI counts some offenses once per victim, while many cities count once per case.
Reported crime reflects what is reported to police and how it is recorded, not only how much crime occurs.
Police spending here is FY2022, the government’s fiscal year; crime, clearances and staffing are calendar year 2022.

Read the public safety methodology

Sources · Retrieved October 12, 2026 from orivian.ai/benchmarks/public-safety

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File · 2023 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Crime Data Explorer police employees, 2022 · 2022
FBI Crime Data Explorer (NIBRS data submitted by Colorado agencies through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation)
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Crime Data Explorer police employees, 2022 (opens in a new tab)
Crime Data Explorer summarized offenses and clearances, 2022 · 2022
FBI Crime Data Explorer (NIBRS data submitted by Colorado agencies through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation)
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Crime Data Explorer summarized offenses and clearances, 2022 (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Fruita · 2022 public safety benchmarks

2022 in brief

Spending & staffing

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2022Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.Close

Police share of spending (definition)FY2022Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.Close

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2022

Reported outcomes

Violent crime rate (definition)2022

Property crime rate (definition)2022

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2022A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.Close

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2022A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.Close

How this number was calculated

Fruita and its peers

Trends

About these numbers

Sources · Retrieved October 12, 2026 from orivian.ai/benchmarks/public-safety

Work for Fruita?

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2022
Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Police share of spending (definition)FY2022
Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2022
A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2022
A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.