What is the crime rate in Albuquerque, NM?

In 2025, the Albuquerque Police Department reported 5,758 violent crimes and 22,719 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,030 violent and 4,063 property crimes per 100,000 of the 559,192 residents it serves.

Across New Mexico the rates were 651 and 2,364.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 1,030
Property per 100,000: 4,063
Violent crimes: 5,758
Property crimes: 22,719

Crime reported by the Albuquerque Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	7,342	1,313	26,594	4,757	559,094
2024	6,676	1,195	26,634	4,767	558,745
2025	5,758	1,030	22,719	4,063	559,192

Violent crimes reported went from 7,342 in 2023 to 5,758 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 26,594 in 2023 to 22,719 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Albuquerque against New Mexico and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Albuquerque	1,030	4,063
Bernalillo County	864	3,242
New Mexico	651	2,364
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Albuquerque, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Albuquerque	—	1,030	4,063
Corrales	9.4 mi	94	328
Rio Rancho	13 mi	324	997
Bosque Farms	18 mi	120	792
Peralta	19 mi	514	886
Los Lunas	22 mi	496	1,993

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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