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Lakeside · 2025 public safety benchmarks

Jefferson County · Denver Metro · Pop. 16 (2025 estimate) · Public safety data 2016–2025

2025 in brief

Lakeside spent $80,529 per resident on police in FY2021, 242.5× the median of the 174 Colorado municipalities reporting. Reported violent crime was 125.0 per 1,000 residents, 60.4× the Colorado median, and property crime was 593.6× the median.

  • Violent crime clearance rate (2025) not shown: Fewer than 10 violent crimes reported; a clearance rate would not be meaningful

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

Peers matched on FY2023 finances, the latest available.

Reporting agency: Lakeside Police Department (ORI CO0300600) · 12 of 12 months reported.

Spending & staffing

Spending: FY2021, latest available, the government's fiscal year (Census). Staffing: 2025, sworn officers on the payroll October 31 (FBI).

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2021, latest available

$80,529
242.5× CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 174 with a published figure
$332
Position
Highest of the 174 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Police share of spending (definition)FY2025

Not reported for this year
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

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2021, latest available

$273.8K
65% above CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 137 with a published figure
$166K
Position
Higher than 95% of the 137 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2025

Not reported for this year
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

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

125.0
60.4× CO median

per 1,000 residents

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
2.1
Position
Highest of the 139 reporting
5-year change
+66.2 per 1,000

Property crime rate (definition)2025

8062.5
593.6× CO median

per 1,000 residents

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 139 with a published figure
13.6
Position
Highest of the 139 reporting
5-year change
−525.7 per 1,000

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2025

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 70 with a published figure
53.3%
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year change
Withheld with this year's value

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2025

66.7%
3.3× CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 119 with a published figure
20.1%
Position
Higher than 98% of the 119 reporting
5-year change
−33.3 pts

How this number was calculated

Police spending per resident · $80,529
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

  1. 1Metric

    $80,529 Police spending divided by population

    = Police spending ÷ population

    Full definition: Police spending per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Police spending $1.4M ÷ population 17 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • E62 Police protection, current operations
    • F62 Police protection, construction

  4. 4Source file

Lakeside 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 FY2023 finances, the latest available.

Lakeside compared with its peer municipalities: police spending per resident and per-1,000 staffing and crime rates
Fiscal year · CensusCalendar year · FBI via CBI
MunicipalityPolice spendingper resident · FY2021Officers per 1,000 residentsper 1,000 · 2025Violent crimeper 1,000 · 2025Property crimeper 1,000 · 2025Violent crime clearance2025
Lakeside$80,529Not reported for this year125.08062.5
Black Hawk$39,092200.091.71541.790.9%
Cripple Creek6.30.935.7
Peer medianBenchmark unavailableNot reported for this yearBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailable

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
FY2021 $80,529. 1 year withheld.$0$40.3K$80.5K’21’23FY2021: $80,529FY2023: withheld — Police spending per resident is 120.2x the peer median

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.

  • FY2023 withheld: Police spending per resident is 120.2x the peer median
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Police spending per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2021$80,529Benchmark unavailable$332 (174 reporting, sample year)
FY2023Withheld (Police spending per resident is 120.2x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$428 (91 reporting, sample year)
Officers per 1,000 residents
2016 750.0 to 2024 875.0.0.0437.5875.0’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’252016: 750.02017: 500.02018: 500.02019: 500.02020: 235.32021: 294.12022: 875.02023: 812.52024: 875.0

Calendar year

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Officers per 1,000 residents by calendar year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
2016750.0Benchmark unavailable2.4 (145 reporting, sample year)
2017500.0Benchmark unavailable2.2 (145 reporting, sample year)
2018500.0Benchmark unavailable2.2 (152 reporting, sample year)
2019500.0Benchmark unavailable2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2020235.3Benchmark unavailable2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2021294.1Benchmark unavailable2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2022875.0Benchmark unavailable1.9 (155 reporting, sample year)
2023812.5Benchmark unavailable2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2024875.0Benchmark unavailable2.4 (155 reporting, sample year)
2025———
Violent crime rate
2016 500.0 to 2025 125.0. 1 year withheld.0.0250.0500.0’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’252016: 500.02017: 125.02018: 0.02019: 0.02020: 58.82021: 0.02022: 187.52024: 500.02025: 125.02023: withheld — Agency reported 11 of 12 months

Calendar year

  • 2023 withheld: Agency reported 11 of 12 months
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Violent crime rate by calendar year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
2016500.0Benchmark unavailable1.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
2017125.0Benchmark unavailable1.7 (129 reporting, sample year)
20180.0Benchmark unavailable2.1 (126 reporting, sample year)
20190.0Benchmark unavailable2.0 (130 reporting, sample year)
202058.8Benchmark unavailable2.0 (140 reporting, sample year)
20210.0Benchmark unavailable2.5 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022187.5Benchmark unavailable2.4 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable2.5 (122 reporting, sample year)
2024500.0Benchmark unavailable2.1 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025125.0Benchmark unavailable2.1 (139 reporting, sample year)
Property crime rate
2016 39875.0 to 2025 8062.5. 1 year withheld.0.019937.539875.0’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’252016: 39875.02017: 31000.02018: 21000.02019: 25625.02020: 8588.22021: 9235.32022: 6437.52024: 13750.02025: 8062.52023: withheld — Agency reported 11 of 12 months

Calendar year

  • 2023 withheld: Agency reported 11 of 12 months
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Property crime rate by calendar year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
201639875.0Benchmark unavailable22.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
201731000.0Benchmark unavailable21.6 (129 reporting, sample year)
201821000.0Benchmark unavailable20.2 (126 reporting, sample year)
201925625.0Benchmark unavailable18.3 (130 reporting, sample year)
20208588.2Benchmark unavailable19.5 (140 reporting, sample year)
20219235.3Benchmark unavailable20.9 (133 reporting, sample year)
20226437.5Benchmark unavailable20.6 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable19.6 (122 reporting, sample year)
202413750.0Benchmark unavailable15.9 (135 reporting, sample year)
20258062.5Benchmark unavailable13.6 (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 FY2021, 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

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

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