Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Albuquerque reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Albuquerque’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #26 of 29 graded towns in New Mexico, and #313 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NM” is every other New Mexico 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 Albuquerque
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New Mexico towns on Albuquerque’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Corrales (A−), Rio Rancho (C). South Valley, North Valley, Kirtland AFB and Sandia Heights are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Los Ranchos de Albuquerque has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Albuquerque’s police reported 72 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 16.9 per 100,000 residents a year, 2.4 times the rest of New Mexico (7.0) and 3.0 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 3.7 times the rest of New Mexico
153 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (691 reported in 2025), 3.7 times the rest of New Mexico (41.7) and 1.9 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Albuquerque reports less crime per resident than 4% (#313). Places like it ↓
Compared with the rest of New Mexico
Albuquerque is home to 26% of New Mexico’s residents, so this page compares it with the rest of the state rather than a state total that includes the city itself. Violent crime ↓
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 Albuquerque’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Homicides and robberies
Albuquerque’s police reported 72 homicides, 691 robberies and 5,665 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of New Mexico and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Albuquerque | Rest of New Mexico | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.3 | 6.5 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 19.3 | 7.6 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 18.4 | 7.7 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 12.9 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Albuquerque | Rest of New Mexico | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 295 | 57.8 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 175 | 47.9 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 159 | 44.5 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 124 | 33.2 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Reported crime is falling
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 New Mexico.
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| Year | Albuquerque property | Rest of New Mexico property | Albuquerque violent | Rest of New Mexico violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 48.0 | 31.4 | 13.8 | 6.7 |
| 2023 | 47.0 | 31.2 | 13.2 | 6.6 |
| 2024 | 46.3 | 28.9 | 11.8 | 6.2 |
| 2025 | 39.6 | 21.9 | 10.1 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 40 property crimes reported
And about 10 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
27,787 crimes reported in 2025
5,665 violent and 22,122 property, as reported to the FBI by Albuquerque’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
183 of the 429 people who died in crashes on Albuquerque’s roads in 2019–2023 were pedestrians
Albuquerque had 411 fatal crashes in five years, in which 429 people died. 12 of those killed were cyclists. 80 died in crashes on an Interstate.
Among the 39 U.S. cities of 500,000 or more, Albuquerque has the 28th lowest rate.
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.
Albuquerque and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | D− | 11.7 | 44.3 |
| South Valley | — | — | — |
| North Valley | — | — | — |
| Los Ranchos de Albuquerque | — | — | — |
| Kirtland AFB | — | — | — |
| Rio Rancho | C | 3.5 | 12.6 |
| Corrales | A− | 1.5 | 3.7 |
| Sandia Heights | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. South Valley, North Valley, Kirtland AFB and Sandia Heights are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Los Ranchos de Albuquerque has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Albuquerque. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Albuquerque’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (559,192 in 2025); our figure for Albuquerque is 556,588 (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 Albuquerque
Is Albuquerque, NM safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Albuquerque reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #26 of 29 in New Mexico. Its police reported 11.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.0 in the rest of New Mexico and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Albuquerque?
11.7 violent and 44.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Mexico reports 6.0 and 27.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Albuquerque?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Albuquerque in 2025?
Albuquerque’s police reported 72 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 12.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Albuquerque safer than Rio Rancho?
Rio Rancho reports less crime per resident than Albuquerque: Rio Rancho grades C for safety and Albuquerque D−. Rio Rancho’s police reported 3.5 violent and 12.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Albuquerque?
Albuquerque’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Albuquerque”. 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.