Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Anchorage, AK Crime Grade
How Anchorage grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Alaska — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alaska
10/10
vs. Alaska cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Anchorage, AK was 1026.8 per 100,000 residents (2,951 incidents over a population of 287,385). That puts Anchorage Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 41% above the Alaska statewide rate of 730.0.
That ranks Anchorage #3,690 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 2% of them, and #5 of 5 in Alaska. Violent crime is up 1% year over year and down 15% over the last five years.
Anchorage, AK crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Alaska Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1026.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,690 of 3,771
- AK rank
- #5 of 5
- Safer than
- 2% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 1%
- 5-year change
- down 15%
- Population
- 287,385
- Reporting agency
- Anchorage Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Anchorage Police Department (FBI ORI AK0010100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Anchorage, AK
Also known as
- Angits
- Alaska City
- Qatuk'e'usht
- Tan
- Woodrow
- Brownville
- Dgheyay Kaq'
- Ves Dnaghildeqt
History
Alaska's largest city, established in 1913 as the construction camp and headquarters of The Alaska R.R. to be built from Seward to Fairbanks. It was early referred to as "Ship Creek" and "Woodrow", but with the establishment of the Anchorage post office in 1914-15 the residents voted, August 15, 1915, to name the new town Anchorage. The name was derived from that of Knik Anchorage immediately off-shore from the new camp. Its population was estimated to be 6,000 in 1917, but in 1920 it was officially 1,856. In 1930 it was 2,277; 3,495 in 1939; and 11,254 in 1950.
Location
population 44,237, on Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, 75 mi. NW of Seward, Cook Inlet Low.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Anchorage (red), Alaska (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Anchorage vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1212.3(3,472) | 1151.4(3,291) | 1060.3(3,022) | 1016.5(2,917) | 1026.8(2,951) |
| Murder | 6.3(18) | 10.1(29) | 6.7(19) | 9.8(28) | 8.4(24) |
| Rape | 194.8(558) | 172.1(492) | 149.8(427) | 161.0(462) | 145.4(418) |
| Robbery | 194.8(558) | 152.5(436) | 161.7(461) | 166.9(479) | 179.9(517) |
| Aggravated assault | 816.4(2,338) | 816.6(2,334) | 742.0(2,115) | 678.8(1,948) | 693.1(1,992) |
| Property crime | 3472.6(9,945) | 2811.5(8,036) | 2921.8(8,328) | 2796.2(8,024) | 3334.6(9,583) |
| Burglary | 504.2(1,444) | 412.5(1,179) | 334.4(953) | 317.1(910) | 369.5(1,062) |
| Larceny | 2541.7(7,279) | 1961.0(5,605) | 2132.4(6,078) | 2025.7(5,813) | 2432.3(6,990) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 401.2(1,149) | 390.5(1,116) | 425.2(1,212) | 423.1(1,214) | 505.2(1,452) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Anchorage, AK Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Anchorage Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Anchorage calculated?
- Anchorage's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Alaska state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Alaska cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Anchorage Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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