What is the crime rate in Bayard, NM?

In 2025, the Bayard Police Department reported 15 violent crimes and 48 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 729 violent and 2,332 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,058 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: 729
Property per 100,000: 2,332
Violent crimes: 15
Property crimes: 48

Crime reported by the Bayard 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	14	683	22	1,073	2,051
2024	11	538	41	2,004	2,046
2025	15	729	48	2,332	2,058

Violent crimes reported went from 14 in 2023 to 15 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 22 in 2023 to 48 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.

Bayard against New Mexico and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bayard	729	2,332
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 Bayard, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bayard	—	729	2,332
Santa Clara	1.8 mi	249	622
Hurley	4.1 mi	82	1,143
Deming	41 mi	131	425
Lordsburg	44 mi	506	966
Truth or Consequences	60 mi	186	1,487
Las Cruces	84 mi	499	3,681

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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