Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Who polices Algodones, and what they report
Algodones has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Sandoval County. The Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Algodones alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Algodones
Policed by the county
Algodones is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Algodones. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New Mexico towns with their own police figures are Bernalillo (C−, 5 mi), Corrales (A−, 12 mi), Rio Rancho (C, 13 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Algodones. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Sandoval County without police of their own, which include Algodones.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
The nearest New Mexico towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo | C− | 5 mi | 5.1 | 15.0 |
| Corrales | A− | 12 mi | 1.5 | 3.7 |
| Rio Rancho | C | 13 mi | 3.5 | 12.6 |
| Albuquerque | D− | 20 mi | 11.7 | 44.3 |
| Edgewood | C | 22 mi | 3.2 | 15.0 |
| Santa Fe | D− | 35 mi | 7.4 | 43.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Algodones. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Algodones.
Three people died in crashes on Algodones’s roads in 2019–2023
Algodones had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for New Mexico towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Algodones’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Algodones’s own rate (40.6) 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.
Algodones and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Felipe Pueblo | — | — | — |
| Santa Ana Pueblo | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. San Felipe Pueblo and Santa Ana Pueblo are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Algodones
Is Algodones, NM safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Algodones. Algodones has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Sandoval County. The Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Algodones alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest New Mexico towns with a grade are Bernalillo (C−, 5 mi), Corrales (A−, 12 mi), Rio Rancho (C, 13 mi).
Who polices Algodones?
The Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office. Algodones is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Sandoval County without police of their own.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.