What is the crime rate in Portales, NM?

In 2025, the Portales Police Department reported 50 violent crimes and 146 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 427 violent and 1,247 property crimes per 100,000 of the 11,706 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: 427
Property per 100,000: 1,247
Violent crimes: 50
Property crimes: 146

Crime reported by the Portales 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	82	689	231	1,941	11,902
2024	93	790	350	2,973	11,772
2025	50	427	146	1,247	11,706

Violent crimes reported went from 82 in 2023 to 50 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 231 in 2023 to 146 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.

Portales against New Mexico and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Portales	427	1,247
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 Portales, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Portales	—	427	1,247
Clovis	20 mi	378	1,568
Farwell	23 mi	0	292
Bovina	36 mi	423	242
Muleshoe	36 mi	133	419
Friona	48 mi	74	0
Littlefield	61 mi	263	913

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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