La Jara · 2025 public safety benchmarks

Name: La Jara, CO public safety benchmarks
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Conejos County · San Luis Valley · Pop. 708 (2025 estimate) · Public safety data 2025–2025

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2025 in brief

La Jara spent $180 per resident on police in FY2016, 34% below the median of the 179 Colorado municipalities reporting. It had 2.8 sworn officers per 1,000 residents in 2025.

Violent crime rate (2025) withheld: Agency reported 1 of 12 months
Property crime rate (2025) withheld: Agency reported 1 of 12 months

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

Sanford

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

Peers matched on FY2016 finances, the latest available.

Reporting agency: La Jara Police Department (ORI CO0110300) · 1 of 12 months reported.

Spending & staffing

Spending: FY2016, latest available, the government's fiscal year (Census). Staffing: 2025, sworn officers on the payroll October 31 (FBI).

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2016, latest available

$180

34% below CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 179 with a published figure Median of the 179 Colorado municipalities with FY2016 Census finance data. In Census of Governments years the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $272
Position: Higher than 23% of the 179 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2025
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.

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2025

2.8

14% above CO median

per 1,000 residents

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 143 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published officers per 1,000 residents for 2025.: 2.5
Position: Higher than 60% of the 143 reporting
5-year change: Not enough history for a 5-year change

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)2025

Based on fewer than 10 reported incidents; small changes move this rate a lot.

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 139 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published violent crime rate for 2025.: 2.1
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Withheld with this year's value

Property crime rate (definition)2025

Based on fewer than 10 reported incidents; small changes move this rate a lot.

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 139 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published property crime rate for 2025.: 13.6
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Withheld with this year's value

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2025
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.

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2025
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.

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

How this number was calculated

Police spending per resident · $180

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$180 Police spending divided by population
= Police spending ÷ population
Full definition: Police spending per resident
2Inputs
Police spending $146K ÷ population 812 (2016 estimate)
3Census line items
- E62 Police protection, current operations
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2016, latest available
  Survey file
  2017
  The 2017 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 is FY2016.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2016, latest available
  Source year
  2020
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

La Jara 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 2025. How peers are chosen

Peers matched on FY2016 finances, the latest available.

La Jara compared with its peer municipalities: police spending per resident and per-1,000 staffing and crime rates
Municipality	Police spendingper resident · FY2016	Officers per 1,000 residentsper 1,000 · 2025	Violent crimeper 1,000 · 2025	Property crimeper 1,000 · 2025	Violent crime clearance2025
	Fiscal year · Census	Calendar year · FBI via CBI
La Jara	$180	2.8	Withheld La Jara · Violent crime rate · 2025 Reason: Agency reported 1 of 12 months Crime, clearance and staffing figures come from the police agency's reports to CBI and the FBI, not the city's financial statements. A year stays withheld until the agency's FBI record for it is complete or the agency confirms it. FBI Crime Data Explorer (opens in a new tab)	Withheld La Jara · Property crime rate · 2025 Reason: Agency reported 1 of 12 months Crime, clearance and staffing figures come from the police agency's reports to CBI and the FBI, not the city's financial statements. A year stays withheld until the agency's FBI record for it is complete or the agency confirms it. FBI Crime Data Explorer (opens in a new tab)	Not reported for this year
Sanford	$419	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year	Not reported for this year
Peer median	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	Not reported for this year

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

FY2021 withheld: Police spending per resident is 3.8x the peer median

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Police spending per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$180	Benchmark unavailable	$272 (179 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	Withheld (Police spending per resident is 3.8x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$332 (174 reporting, sample year)

Officers per 1,000 residents

Calendar year

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Officers per 1,000 residents by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2025	2.8	Benchmark unavailable	2.5 (143 reporting, sample year)

Violent crime rate

Calendar year

2025 withheld: Agency reported 1 of 12 months

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Violent crime rate by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2025	Withheld (Agency reported 1 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	2.1 (139 reporting, sample year)

Property crime rate

Calendar year

2025 withheld: Agency reported 1 of 12 months

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Property crime rate by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2025	Withheld (Agency reported 1 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	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 FY2016, latest available, the government’s fiscal year; crime, clearances and staffing are calendar year 2025.

Read the public safety methodology

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

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File · 2017 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2017 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Crime Data Explorer police employees, 2025 · 2025
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, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Crime Data Explorer summarized offenses and clearances, 2025 · 2025
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, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places · 2020
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 - incorporated places (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)

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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La Jara · 2025 public safety benchmarks

2025 in brief

Spending & staffing

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2016, latest available

Police share of spending (definition)FY2016, latest available

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2025

Reported outcomes

Violent crime rate (definition)2025

Property crime rate (definition)2025

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2025A 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)2025A 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

La Jara and its peers

Trends

About these numbers

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

Work for La Jara?

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2025
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)2025
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.