Arvada Crime Update - April 28-May 4, 2025

None in this reporting period

Community Outreach Resources Enforcement (CORE)

The CORE team focuses on issues in the community related to homelessness. They respond to calls involving homeless people, proactively offer resources, and conduct enforcement when other support methods are not effective.

21 Total CORE Team Contacts - All contacts resulted in an enforcement action.

Resources Offered

• 0 Mental health

• 0 Substance abuse

• 1 Housing

• 0 One Small Step info

• 5 Other

• 0 Navigator assistance

• 0 Employment

• 0 Vital document recovery

0 Resources Accepted

Enforcement Actions*

• 4 Trespass

• 7 Verbal Warning

• 10 Citation

• 3 Arrest

• 3 Jailed

*More than one enforcement action may be used per person.

Arrests

71 Total Arrests*

• 34 Taken into custody

• 37 Released on summons

*Arrested persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Classification of charges may change any time after arrest. Arrest data may not be finalized at time of publication.

Crime Data

180 Total Crime Reports*

Crimes most reported

• 32 Theft (other than vehicle and shoplift)

• 21 Assault

• 19 Harassment

• 14 Shoplift

• 14 Fraud

• 13 Drug Paraphernalia

• 12 Driving Under the Influence

• 12 Criminal Mischief

• 6 Motor Vehicle Theft

• 5 Protection Order Violation

*Incidents under investigation may be re-classified as criminal or noncriminal after publication. Crime reports may contain more than one criminal charge. All figures are preliminary and are not meant to be final crime statistics.

Traffic

31 Reported Crashes

• 2 Injury Crashes 

• 0 Fatality Crashes

240 Traffic Stops

• 168 Drivers Cited

Top Violations Cited

• 36 Speeding 10-19 mph over limit

• 26 No proof of insurance

• 24 Plates expired 60+ days

• 17 Careless driving

• 12 Driving without valid license

Calls for Service

2,082 Total Calls for Service*

Top call types received and dispatched:

• 51 Homelessness Related Call/Incident

  • Top calls for service:

    • 6 Welfare Check

    • 5 Theft

    • 5 Unwanted Party 

    • 4 Ordinance Violation

    • 4 Criminal Trespass

• 45 Welfare Check

• 36 Citizen Assist

• 24 Suspicious Incident

• 22 Unwanted Party

• 20 Theft

• 20 Domestic

• 18 Traffic Complaint

• 17 Disturbance

• 15 Parking Complaint

• 14 Suspicious Person

*Total calls for service includes all dispatched and self-initiated activity by Department personnel. Calls for service include criminal and non-criminal activity and may not result in a written report.