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Snowmass Village · 2023 public safety benchmarks

Pitkin County · Central Mountains & Resort · Pop. 2,965 (2025 estimate); 2023 per-resident figures use 2,941 · Public safety data 2016–2025

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2023 in brief

Snowmass Village spent $843 per resident on police in FY2023, 97% above the median of the 91 Colorado municipalities reporting. It had 3.4 sworn officers per 1,000 residents in 2023, in line with its peers.

  • Violent crime rate (2023) withheld: Agency reported 11 of 12 months
  • Property crime rate (2023) withheld: Agency reported 11 of 12 months
  • Violent crime clearance rate (2023) withheld: Agency reported 11 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: Snowmass Village Police Department (ORI CO0490200) · 11 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

$843
in line with peers
Peer median
$854
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$428
Position
Higher than 81% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Police share of spending (definition)FY2023

4.8%
36% below peers
Peer median
7.5%
CO median · 87 with a published figure
12.6%
Position
Higher than 6% of the 87 reporting
5-year change
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2023

$248K
in line with peers
Peer median
$240.3K
CO median · 84 with a published figure
$207.3K
Position
Higher than 78% of the 84 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2023

3.4
in line with peers

per 1,000 residents

Peer median
3.6
CO median · 155 with a published figure
2.3
Position
Higher than 69% of the 155 reporting
5-year change
−0.2 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

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 · $843
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

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

  1. 1Metric

    $843 Police spending divided by population

    = Police spending ÷ population

    Full definition: Police spending per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Police spending $2.5M ÷ population 2,941 (2023 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • E62 Police protection, current operations

  4. 4Source file

Snowmass Village 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

Snowmass Village 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
Snowmass Village$8433.4
Frisco$8493.5
Telluride$8543.60.820.2
Granby$8563.61.810.7
Vail$1,8916.85.347.979.2%
Silverthorne$6272.61.621.7
Peer median$8543.6Benchmark 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 $618 to FY2023 $843.$0$427.2$854.4’16’21’23Peer median FY2016: $406Peer median FY2021: $581Peer median FY2023: $854FY2016: $618FY2021: $669FY2023: $843. 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$618$406$272 (179 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$669$581$332 (174 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$843$854$428 (91 reporting, sample year)
Officers per 1,000 residents
2016 3.6 to 2025 3.0.0.02.55.0’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25Peer median 2016: 3.4Peer median 2017: 3.2Peer median 2018: 2.7Peer median 2019: 2.6Peer median 2020: 2.4Peer median 2021: 3.8Peer median 2022: 3.5Peer median 2023: 3.6Peer median 2024: 4.8Peer median 2025: 5.02016: 3.62017: 3.62018: 3.62019: 3.32020: 3.02021: 3.02022: 3.42023: 3.42024: 3.12025: 3.0

Calendar year

Peer group changed in 2021, 2023. 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
20163.63.42.4 (145 reporting, sample year)
20173.63.22.2 (145 reporting, sample year)
20183.62.72.2 (152 reporting, sample year)
20193.32.62.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
20203.02.42.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
20213.03.82.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
20223.43.51.9 (155 reporting, sample year)
20233.43.62.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
20243.14.82.4 (155 reporting, sample year)
20253.05.02.5 (143 reporting, sample year)
Violent crime rate
2016 0.4 to 2025 1.0. 4 years withheld.0.01.42.9’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25Peer median 2016: 1.0Peer median 2017: 1.4Peer median 2019: 2.9Peer median 2020: 0.4Peer median 2024: 1.7Peer median 2025: 1.22016: 0.42017: 0.72019: 0.02020: 0.32024: 0.02025: 1.02018: withheld — Agency reported 10 of 12 months2021: withheld — Agency reported 11 of 12 months2022: withheld — Agency reported 11 of 12 months2023: withheld — Agency reported 11 of 12 months

Calendar year

  • 2018 withheld: Agency reported 10 of 12 months
  • 2021, 2022, 2023 withheld: Agency reported 11 of 12 months

Peer group changed in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
20160.41.01.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
20170.71.41.7 (129 reporting, sample year)
2018Withheld (Agency reported 10 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable2.1 (126 reporting, sample year)
20190.02.92.0 (130 reporting, sample year)
20200.30.42.0 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable2.5 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable2.4 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable2.5 (122 reporting, sample year)
20240.01.72.1 (135 reporting, sample year)
20251.01.22.1 (139 reporting, sample year)
Property crime rate
2016 17.5 to 2025 12.5. 4 years withheld.0.011.222.4’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25Peer median 2016: 22.4Peer median 2017: 14.8Peer median 2019: 8.6Peer median 2020: 15.3Peer median 2024: 21.2Peer median 2025: 14.02016: 17.52017: 5.02019: 5.12020: 9.02024: 12.62025: 12.52018: withheld — Agency reported 10 of 12 months2021: withheld — Agency reported 11 of 12 months2022: withheld — Agency reported 11 of 12 months2023: withheld — Agency reported 11 of 12 months

Calendar year

  • 2018 withheld: Agency reported 10 of 12 months
  • 2021, 2022, 2023 withheld: Agency reported 11 of 12 months

Peer group changed in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
201617.522.422.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
20175.014.821.6 (129 reporting, sample year)
2018Withheld (Agency reported 10 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable20.2 (126 reporting, sample year)
20195.18.618.3 (130 reporting, sample year)
20209.015.319.5 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable20.9 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable20.6 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)Benchmark unavailable19.6 (122 reporting, sample year)
202412.621.215.9 (135 reporting, sample year)
202512.514.013.6 (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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