Wheat Ridge Police Department

10/15/2026

10/15/2026

You are not alone. We are always here for you 🫶

For Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we want to recognize and empower survivors in our community and across Colorado, while highlighting the partners we team up with that provide tremendous trauma-informed care in these cases.

According to CDPHE in Colorado, 37% of women and 31% of men have experienced physical violence, sexual violence or stalking by an intimate partner. In Wheat Ridge, we have seen reports of domestic violence rise slowly over the past four years but are still seeing fewer reports than we saw in 2020 and 2021.

We work closely with Victim Outreach Incorporated (VOI), whose advocates provide critical resources and ensure survivors never have to navigate the system alone. Additionally, we connect individuals with the vital, specialized services available at The Family Tree and the PorchLight, A Family Justice Center.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides 24/7 support. Call 1-800-799-7233 or text "START" to 88788 to get you or a loved one support today.

10/13/2026

Backing our businesses in Wheat Ridge 🌾

This morning, Chief Murtha spoke at the Wheat Ridge Business Association breakfast, highlighting all the initiatives in our department and how we’re investing in technology to create a safer Wheat Ridge.

Over the past year, we’ve created a new Business Liaison position to specifically cater to the concerns businesses have, providing crime prevention insight and helping business owners create safer environments. Our goal is simple: create strong relationships before our business owners are in a situation where they need to call 911.

That’s how we create better outcomes 🤝

10/08/2026

Through the summer months in Wheat Ridge, overall crime continues to trend downward.

Our commitment to sharing monthly activity wouldn’t be possible without the hard work of our Crime Analyst and our Administrative Program Coordinator who put this report together.

Here’s what we can report through August 2026.

We break up our crimes into two main buckets: persons and property crimes. The following grid shows our cases for each of those crimes with a breakdown over the past five months. The bottom row shows the total number of cases for those crimes per month.

Persons crimes hit extremely low levels in August, despite what we traditionally see as more crime is reported in the summer months. It’s encouraging to see property crimes compared to a typical August came in moderately low. The year-to-date (YTD) activity level compares where we are through the year compared to that same time frame averaged over the past five years. Calls for persons crimes rose roughly 7% in August compared to the same time frame in 2025. Calls for property crimes were down nearly 16%.

We’re seeing encouraging drops in calls for crimes including burglary (down 25%), motor vehicle theft (down 46%) and 1st-degree criminal trespass (down 53%).

We recognize an increase in reports of sexual assault within our community this year. Our department is committed to supporting survivors by ensuring they have direct access to the specialized care, resources and paths to safety they deserve.

To ensure comprehensive support, we partner closely with Victim Outreach Incorporated (VOI), whose advocates provide critical resources and ensure survivors never have to navigate the system alone. Additionally, we connect individuals with the vital, specialized services available at The Family Tree and the PorchLight, A Family Justice Center.

You are not alone, and our priority is your safety, autonomy, and well-being.

We can’t solve crimes we don’t know about. If you see something, say something and call 911. Thank you for caring about our community as much as we do, so we can continue to make Wheat Ridge one of the safest communities in Colorado.

10/07/2026

We want to thank everyone who swung by Stylus & Crate in Wheat Ridge for our event today! We will let you know on our social media pages when the next one is.

10/07/2026

Today is the day!

We are celebrating at one of our local coffee shops in Wheat Ridge: Stylus & Crate! Come by for a free cup of coffee on us from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. We look forward to seeing you! ☕️

10/06/2026

TRAINING ALERT: You might see some police activity and armored vehicles throughout the day today at various locations in the city. Please know this is part of the West Metro SWAT team training.

10/01/2026

Kicking off spooky season by giving back 🎃 👻

City of Wheat Ridge Government and WRPD employees chipped in to buy dozens of costumes as part of our campaign. This year, we partnered up with Prospect Valley Elementary to donate roughly 70 costumes to their Costume Shop! They started it a couple years back to give students free Halloween costumes.

Our team is excited to see you all later this month at several Trunk-Or-Treat events around town. We will post some more details later this month on our donation drive to collect more for next year.

09/30/2026

After two long weekends of construction along I-70 and Kipling, as Colorado Department of Transportation crews worked to repair critical bridges along the interstate highway, I-70 and Kipling are back open and flowing normally.

We want to thank our community for their patience during this disruption, as we know there was extra congestion and traffic in the area. We also want to thank CDOT and the contractor for working around the clock to finish both lanes early each weekend, as traffic opened back up late Monday night.

Thank you for your patience and drive safe Wheat Ridge!

09/28/2026

Mark your calendars 📅

Next week, we are celebrating at one of our great local coffee shops in Wheat Ridge: Stylus & Crate!

Come by for a free cup of joe on us on Wednesday, October 7, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. We look forward to getting to know you better and support our local businesses here in Wheat Ridge ☕