Photo: James M. Slack, Photographer, February 27, 1934 Original uploader was Tillman at en.wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by KudzuVine at en.wikipedia. · Public domainSafety in Laguna: figures, but no grade
Laguna has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Cibola County. The Cibola 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 Laguna alone, and no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Grants, 25 miles away, at C.
What stands out about safety in Laguna
Policed by the county
Laguna is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Cibola County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Cibola County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Laguna. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New Mexico towns with their own police figures are Grants (C, 25 mi), Los Lunas (D, 38 mi), Belen (D−, 39 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Laguna. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Cibola County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Cibola County without police of their own, which include Laguna.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Cibola 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.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest New Mexico towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants | C | 25 mi | 4.1 | 11.3 |
| Los Lunas | D | 38 mi | 5.6 | 26.4 |
| Belen | D− | 39 mi | 12.7 | 41.9 |
| Bosque Farms | B+ | 42 mi | 0.9 | 6.8 |
| Albuquerque | D− | 43 mi | 11.7 | 44.3 |
| Rio Rancho | C | 43 mi | 3.5 | 12.6 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Laguna. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Laguna.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Laguna’s roads in 2019–2023
Laguna had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than 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 Laguna’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Laguna’s own rate (174.3) 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.
Laguna and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paraje | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Paraje is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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.
- 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 Laguna
Is Laguna, NM safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Laguna. The nearest New Mexico towns with a grade are Grants (C, 25 mi), Los Lunas (D, 38 mi), Belen (D−, 39 mi).
Who polices Laguna?
The Cibola County Sheriff’s Office. Laguna is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Cibola County without police of their own.
Heads-up board
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in Laguna.
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.