Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Alamosa than in 98% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 33% from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, that puts it at D− for safety, judged on crimes Alamosa’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #81 of 87 graded towns in Colorado. For every 1,000 residents, 8.4 violent crimes and 46.7 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Colorado, the figures are 5.6 and 31.0.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CO” is every other Colorado 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 stands out about safety in Alamosa
A college town
Alamosa is home to Adams State University, with 2,037 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 11% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Alamosa’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Alamosa property | Rest of Colorado property | Alamosa violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 61.7 | 39.1 | 7.7 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 57.1 | 35.4 | 7.6 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 47.4 | 31.7 | 9.8 | 5.8 |
| 2025 | 35.5 | 26.1 | 7.9 | 5.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Colorado.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Alamosa | Rest of Colorado | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Alamosa’s police reported 250 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Alamosa 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 8 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
431 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.
78 violent and 353 property, as reported to the FBI by Alamosa’s police.
One person died in crashes on Alamosa’s roads in 2019–2023
Alamosa had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Colorado towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Alamosa’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Alamosa’s own rate (2.0) 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.
Alamosa and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamosa | D− | 8.4 | 46.7 |
| Alamosa East | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Alamosa East is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Colorado towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamosa | D− | 8.4 | 46.7 |
| Gypsum | A | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Milliken | A | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| Fort Lupton | C | 3.5 | 17.1 |
| Delta | C− | 1.8 | 31.5 |
| Glenwood Springs | D | 3.6 | 38.8 |
The five graded Colorado towns closest to Alamosa’s population (9,849), 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 Alamosa. 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 Alamosa’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,930 in 2025); our figure for Alamosa is 9,849 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Alamosa
Is Alamosa, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Alamosa reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #81 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 8.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Alamosa?
8.4 violent and 46.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado reports 5.6 and 31.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Alamosa?
Alamosa’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Alamosa”. 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.