Explore Denver building permits, DPD offense data, and E-SU-D zoning in University Park, around Observatory Park and the Chamberlin Observatory.
Search this neighborhoodUniversity Park is a south Denver neighborhood with Cory-Merrill to the north, Wellshire to the south, University to the west and University Hills and Virginia Village to the east. RTD routes 21, 24, 40 and 46 serve it.
About 8,600 residents live in roughly 4,700 housing units (ACS 2020–2024); Single Unit districts (E-SU-D, U-SU-C, S-SU-D) cover about 70 percent of the land. The University of Denver’s Chamberlin Observatory, Observatory Park, McWilliams Park, University Park Elementary School and Most Precious Blood Catholic School are inside it.
CivicScout tracks Denver Police reported offenses that carry a location, and traffic crashes, for any searched address in University Park. DPD publishes no location for domestic-violence or sex offenses, so located counts understate violent crime, and Denver’s crash data records injuries only when they are serious or fatal.
View safety data →Permit filings in University Park are mostly new buildings, followed by alterations and tenant finishes and phased construction. Denver’s permit data covers residential and commercial construction permits only, not trade permits.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →The largest share of University Park is zoned Single Unit (E-SU-D), with Single Unit (U-SU-C) next; the exact district varies by parcel.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →A CivicScout report for any University Park address combines permits, DPD offenses, traffic crashes, 311 requests, parks and zoning within a half mile.
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