Top Five Lists: Gun Deaths by Census Tract

May 19, 2013

Top neighborhoods for overall gun deaths between 2000 and 2011

24 (12 suicides and 12 homicides) – Colorado Springs Census Tract 54.00 in the southeast part of the city north of Hancock Expressway and west of Academy Boulevard.
20 (17 suicides and 3 homicides) – Grand Junction Census Tract 8.00 in the south part of the city between highways 6 and 50.
19 (10 suicides, 8 homicides and 1 other) – Denver Census Tract 156.00 in the Platte Park neighborhood in south Denver.
17 (16 suicide and 1 other) – Grand Junction Census Tract 11.01 south of Interstate 70 on the east side of the city.
17 (15 suicides, 1 homicide and 1 other) – Montrose Census Tract 9663.00 north of the junction of highways 50 and 550.
17 (12 suicides, 3 homicides and 2 other) – Teller County Census Tract 101.05, the entire northwest quadrant of the county.
17 (5 suicides, 12 homicides) – Denver Census Tract 83.87 in Montbello.

Top neighborhoods for suicide gun deaths between 2000 and 2011

17 in Grand Junction Census Tract 8.00 in the south part of the city between highways 6 and 50.
16 in Grand Junction Census Tract 11.01 south of Interstate 70 on the east side of the city.
15 in Montrose Census Tract 9663.00 north of the junction of highways 50 and 550.
14 in Mesa County Census Tract 15.02, the northwest quadrant of the county.
13 in Grand Junction Census Tract 13.01 in the south part of the city bisected by U.S. 50.
(tie) 13 in Park County Census Tract 1.00 north of U.S. 285.
(tie) 13 in Fremont County Census Tract 9783.00, a large section of the county northeast of Canon City.
5. (tie) 13 in Mesa County Census Tract 15.01, west of Grand Junction off of Interstate 70.

Top neighborhoods for homicide gun deaths between 2000 and 2011

12 in Colorado Springs Census Tract 54.00 north of Hancock Expressway and west of Academy Boulevard.
12 in Denver Census Tract 83.87 in Montbello.
12 in Denver Census Tract 83.05 in Montbello.
11 in Denver Census Tract 36.01 in the Cole neighborhood in the northeast part of the city.
10 in Aurora Census Tract 79.00 in the northwest part of the city in Adams County.
5. (tie) 10 in Denver Census Tract 35.00 in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood near the I-25/I-70 interchange.