Photo: Christopher Michel from San Francisco, USA · CC BY 2.0Skagway has less property crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns
Skagway grades B for safety overall: less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.9 violent crimes and 6.7 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 8.4 and 26.0 in the rest of Alaska.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AK” is every other Alaska city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What’s behind Skagway’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Skagway’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Skagway | Rest of Alaska | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 8.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 8.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Skagway’s police reported 6 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Alaska and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Skagway per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Skagway property | Rest of Alaska property | Skagway violent | Rest of Alaska violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.8 | 24.8 | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 26.6 | 3.0 | 8.5 |
| 2024 | 3.8 | 24.3 | 1.9 | 8.2 |
| 2025 | 12.9 | 27.1 | 0.9 | 8.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Alaska.
15 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
1 violent and 14 property, as reported to the FBI by Skagway’s police.
No one died in a crash on Skagway’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Alaska towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Skagway’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Skagway’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Skagway and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skagway | B | 1.9 | 6.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Alaska towns of a similar size
The five graded Alaska towns closest to Skagway’s population (1,174), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Skagway. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Skagway’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,084 in 2025); our figure for Skagway is 1,174 (census survey, 2020–24).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Skagway
Is Skagway, AK safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Skagway reports less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade. Its police reported 1.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Alaska and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Skagway?
1.9 violent and 6.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alaska reports 8.4 and 26.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Skagway?
Skagway’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Skagway”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.