What is the crime rate in Belen, NM?

In 2025, the Belen Police Department reported 101 violent crimes and 368 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,328 violent and 4,839 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,605 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: 1,328
Property per 100,000: 4,839
Violent crimes: 101
Property crimes: 368

Crime reported by the Belen 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	101	1,358	265	3,564	7,435
2024	87	1,159	319	4,249	7,508
2025	101	1,328	368	4,839	7,605

Violent crimes reported went from 101 in 2023 to 101 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 265 in 2023 to 368 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.

Belen against New Mexico and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Belen	1,328	4,839
Valencia County	618	1,673
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 Belen, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Belen	—	1,328	4,839
Los Lunas	2.6 mi	496	1,993
Peralta	8.2 mi	514	886
Bosque Farms	8.6 mi	120	792
Albuquerque	25 mi	1,030	4,063
Corrales	34 mi	94	328
Rio Rancho	36 mi	324	997

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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