What is the crime rate in Hobbs, NM?

In 2025, the Hobbs Police Department reported 294 violent crimes and 1,256 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 714 violent and 3,051 property crimes per 100,000 of the 41,168 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: 714
Property per 100,000: 3,051
Violent crimes: 294
Property crimes: 1,256

Crime reported by the Hobbs 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	347	886	1,970	5,031	39,155
2024	308	790	1,466	3,762	38,972
2025	294	714	1,256	3,051	41,168

Violent crimes reported went from 347 in 2023 to 294 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,970 in 2023 to 1,256 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.

Hobbs against New Mexico and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hobbs	714	3,051
Lea County	602	2,538
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 Hobbs, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hobbs	—	714	3,051
Lovington	18 mi	342	1,086
Denver City	25 mi	184	552
Seminole	30 mi	254	629
Andrews	45 mi	226	794
Brownfield	60 mi	290	974
Kermit	61 mi	154	514
Carlsbad	67 mi	576	2,740
Lamesa	70 mi	564	1,141

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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