Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fairbanks, AK Crime Grade
How Fairbanks 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
8/10
vs. Alaska cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fairbanks, AK was 842.7 per 100,000 residents (266 incidents over a population of 31,565). That puts Fairbanks Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 15% above the Alaska statewide rate of 730.0.
That ranks Fairbanks #3,621 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 4% of them, and #4 of 5 in Alaska. Violent crime is up 16% year over year and down 1% over the last five years.
Fairbanks, AK crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Alaska Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 842.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,621 of 3,771
- AK rank
- #4 of 5
- Safer than
- 4% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 16%
- 5-year change
- down 1%
- Population
- 31,565
- Reporting agency
- Fairbanks Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fairbanks Police Department (FBI ORI AK0010200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fairbanks, AK
Also known as
- Barnettes Cache
History
Founded in 1901 when a trading post was established here by E. T. Barnette, First called "Barnettes Cache," the name was changed in 1902 to honor Charles Warren Fairbanks, 1852-1918, Senator from Indiana and later Vice President of the United States under Theodore Roosevelt. The town began as the supply center for the mining region to its north after gold was discovered by Felix Pedro in 1902, and has since become the commercial and transportation hub of north and central Alaska. Its population was 3,541 in 1910, 1,555 in 1920, 3,455 in 1939, and 5,771 in 1950. The Fairbanks post office was established in 1903.
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. Fairbanks (red), Alaska (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fairbanks 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 853.0(261) | 841.8(276) | 594.5(190) | 726.1(230) | 842.7(266) |
| Murder | 13.1(4) | 30.5(10) | 12.5(4) | 6.3(2) | 12.7(4) |
| Rape | 143.8(44) | 128.1(42) | 65.7(21) | 145.2(46) | 91.9(29) |
| Robbery | 147.1(45) | 97.6(32) | 84.5(27) | 132.6(42) | 120.4(38) |
| Aggravated assault | 549.1(168) | 585.6(192) | 431.8(138) | 442.0(140) | 617.8(195) |
| Property crime | 4245.4(1,299) | 4428.9(1,452) | 4039.3(1,291) | 3504.2(1,110) | 3009.7(950) |
| Burglary | 493.5(151) | 408.7(134) | 406.7(130) | 299.9(95) | 459.4(145) |
| Larceny | 3166.9(969) | 3431.4(1,125) | 3091.3(988) | 2860.2(906) | 2182.8(689) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 549.1(168) | 512.4(168) | 510.0(163) | 318.9(101) | 348.5(110) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fairbanks, 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 Fairbanks 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 Fairbanks calculated?
- Fairbanks'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 Fairbanks 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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