Denver’s Airport Baggage Claim is One of the Most Lawless

Traveling through Denver International Airport could be an adventure all within itself. The airport is huge, millions of people travel through Denver's airport annually, and if you have ever checked a bag to land in Denver, you know how crazy the experience of retrieving your baggage can be.

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Denver International Airport set records in 2024 for the amount of people and bags traveling through the airport. Last year, 82.3 million people were inside the airport and more than 730 tons of cargo passed through the property.

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With all of those millions of people and even more bags, there is bound to be some sort of crime happening. According to airadvisor.com, Denver International Airport ranks as one of the worst when it comes to lawlessness in the baggage claim area of Colorado's biggest airport.

Baggage Theft or Loss at Denver International Airport

It takes an average of 23 minutes for a traveler to leave the gate in a terminal and walk to baggage claim at Denver International Airport. If the bags arrive well before you do at the conveyor belts, your bag is pretty much left unattended. Air Advisor says that there have been 5,800 Google searches regarding lost luggage at Denver International Airport and says that our airport is one that ranks in the top ten list of places where you may be most likely to have your luggage stolen.

Five other airports in the United States ranked worse than Denver International Airport:

• O'Hare International Airport
• John F. Kennedy International Airport
• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
• Los Angeles International Airport
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport - ranked the worst with 16,890 searches for lost luggage.

See the full list of the most lawless and safest airport baggage claim areas at airadvisor.com.