2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Nucla, CO vs Cortez, CO

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Highlights
- Cortez has 7% less violent crime than Nucla.
- Cortez has 37% more property crime than Nucla.
 Nucla, COCortez, COUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock15.722.7
 Property Crime29.6  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Nucla    2 Reviews

Worst place I've ever lived. Grocery stores are awful, with horrible food that costs way to much, and they turn freezers off to "save money". Power company is crooked,  More

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Over 17 years ago

This town is by far a good place to live , there are mostly uneducated people that want to stay back in the 50s and complain that they are picked on . They do not want  More

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Reviews for Cortez    6 Reviews

A digital nomad / nature lover's sunny, perfect weather paradise, at half the cost of touristy Durango. Cortez is Colorado's under-the-radar town that's mostly only  More

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I moved out to Cortez, Colorado after a 30 day trip around the US. Of all the places I visited, this was the place I deemed best to move for a multitude of reasons. It  More

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I've live on this area and cannot recommend it to anyone. Cortez and Montezuma county are horrible. School are bad. After meeting several local teachers I am surprised  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Nucla, ColoradoCrime Index
 Olathe, CO18
 Redvale, CO20.4
 Naturita, CO22.7
 Nucla, CO23.2
 Montrose, CO37.1

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