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Mt. Crested Butte · 2023 public safety benchmarks

Gunnison County · Central Mountains & Resort · Pop. 966 (2025 estimate); 2023 per-resident figures use 965 · Public safety data 2016–2025

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2023 in brief

Mt. Crested Butte spent $1,518 per resident on police in FY2023, 3.5× the median of the 91 Colorado municipalities reporting. It had 8.3 sworn officers per 1,000 residents in 2023.

  • Violent crime rate (2023) withheld: Agency reported 10 of 12 months
  • Property crime rate (2023) withheld: Agency reported 10 of 12 months
  • Violent crime clearance rate (2023) withheld: Agency reported 10 of 12 months; 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

Reporting agency: Mount Crested Butte Police Department (ORI CO0260200) · 10 of 12 months reported.

Spending & staffing

Spending: FY2023, the government's fiscal year (Census). Staffing: 2023, sworn officers on the payroll October 31 (FBI).

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2023

$1,518
15% above peers
Peer median
$1,319
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$428
Position
Higher than 96% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Police share of spending (definition)FY2023

18.1%
3.0× peers
Peer median
6.0%
CO median · 87 with a published figure
12.6%
Position
Higher than 77% of the 87 reporting
5-year change
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2023

$183.1K
12% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 84 with a published figure
$207.3K
Position
Higher than 37% of the 84 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2023

8.3
3.6× CO median

per 1,000 residents

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 155 with a published figure
2.3
Position
Higher than 95% of the 155 reporting
5-year change
−0.7 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)2023

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

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 122 with a published figure
2.5
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year change
Withheld with this year's value

Property crime rate (definition)2023

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

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 122 with a published figure
19.6
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year change
Withheld with this year's value

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2023

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 76 with a published figure
52.7%
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year change
Withheld with this year's value

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2023

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 111 with a published figure
16.0%
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year change
Withheld with this year's value

How this number was calculated

Police spending per resident · $1,518
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

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

  1. 1Metric

    $1,518 Police spending divided by population

    = Police spending ÷ population

    Full definition: Police spending per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Police spending $1.5M ÷ population 965 (2023 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

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

  4. 4Source file

Mt. Crested Butte 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 2023. How peers are chosen

Mt. Crested Butte 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 · FY2023Officers per 1,000 residentsper 1,000 · 2023Violent crimeper 1,000 · 2023Property crimeper 1,000 · 2023Violent crime clearance2023
Mt. Crested Butte$1,5188.3
Mountain Village$1,3197.30.811.4
Crested Butte$8835.43.02.4
Peer median$1,319Benchmark unavailableBenchmark 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
FY2016 $1,081 to FY2023 $1,518.$0$782.3$1.6K’16’21’23Peer median FY2021: $1,565Peer median FY2023: $1,319FY2016: $1,081FY2021: $1,328FY2023: $1,518. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

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 FY2021, FY2023. 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,081Benchmark unavailable$272 (179 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,328$1,565$332 (174 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,518$1,319$428 (91 reporting, sample year)
Officers per 1,000 residents
2016 9.2 to 2025 9.3.0.04.79.3’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’252016: 9.22017: 9.02018: 9.02019: 8.92020: 8.52021: 8.32022: 8.42023: 8.32024: 7.32025: 9.3

Calendar year

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Officers per 1,000 residents by calendar year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
20169.2Benchmark unavailable2.4 (145 reporting, sample year)
20179.0Benchmark unavailable2.2 (145 reporting, sample year)
20189.0Benchmark unavailable2.2 (152 reporting, sample year)
20198.9Benchmark unavailable2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
20208.5Benchmark unavailable2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
20218.3Benchmark unavailable2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
20228.4Benchmark unavailable1.9 (155 reporting, sample year)
20238.3Benchmark unavailable2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
20247.3Benchmark unavailable2.4 (155 reporting, sample year)
20259.3Benchmark unavailable2.5 (143 reporting, sample year)
Violent crime rate
2016 2.3 to 2025 1.0. 1 year withheld.0.03.97.8’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’252016: 2.32017: 1.12018: 0.02019: 7.82020: 0.02021: 1.02022: 5.22024: 1.02025: 1.02023: withheld — Agency reported 10 of 12 months

Calendar year

  • 2023 withheld: Agency reported 10 of 12 months
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Violent crime rate by calendar year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
20162.3Benchmark unavailable1.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
20171.1Benchmark unavailable1.7 (129 reporting, sample year)
20180.0Benchmark unavailable2.1 (126 reporting, sample year)
20197.8Benchmark unavailable2.0 (130 reporting, sample year)
20200.0Benchmark unavailable2.0 (140 reporting, sample year)
20211.0Benchmark unavailable2.5 (133 reporting, sample year)
20225.2Benchmark unavailable2.4 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023Withheld (Agency reported 10 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable2.5 (122 reporting, sample year)
20241.0Benchmark unavailable2.1 (135 reporting, sample year)
20251.0Benchmark unavailable2.1 (139 reporting, sample year)
Property crime rate
2016 26.5 to 2025 5.2. 1 year withheld.0.013.226.5’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’252016: 26.52017: 12.42018: 13.52019: 17.82020: 6.42021: 6.22022: 7.32024: 1.02025: 5.22023: withheld — Agency reported 10 of 12 months

Calendar year

  • 2023 withheld: Agency reported 10 of 12 months
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Property crime rate by calendar year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
201626.5Benchmark unavailable22.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
201712.4Benchmark unavailable21.6 (129 reporting, sample year)
201813.5Benchmark unavailable20.2 (126 reporting, sample year)
201917.8Benchmark unavailable18.3 (130 reporting, sample year)
20206.4Benchmark unavailable19.5 (140 reporting, sample year)
20216.2Benchmark unavailable20.9 (133 reporting, sample year)
20227.3Benchmark unavailable20.6 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023Withheld (Agency reported 10 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable19.6 (122 reporting, sample year)
20241.0Benchmark unavailable15.9 (135 reporting, sample year)
20255.2Benchmark 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 FY2023, the government’s fiscal year; crime, clearances and staffing are calendar year 2023.
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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