Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wasilla, AK Crime Grade
How Wasilla 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alaska
2/10
vs. Alaska cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wasilla, AK was 413.4 per 100,000 residents (44 incidents over a population of 10,643). That puts Wasilla 27% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 43% below the Alaska statewide rate of 730.0.
That ranks Wasilla #3,072 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 19% of them, and #1 of 5 in Alaska. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 26% over the last five years.
Wasilla, AK crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Alaska Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 413.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,072 of 3,771
- AK rank
- #1 of 5
- Safer than
- 19% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 26%
- Population
- 10,643
- Reporting agency
- Wasilla Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Wasilla Police Department (FBI ORI AK0015600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Wasilla, AK
Also known as
- Washila
- Wassila
History
Name of a station on The Alaska Railroad that came into being about 1916. A post office was established here in 1917 (Ricks, 1965, p. 70). The village derived its name from nearby Wasilla Creek.
Location
population 112, in Matanuska Valley, mi. 159.8 on the Alaska RR., between Lucille Lake and Wasilla Lake, 11 mi. SW of Palmer, 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. Wasilla (red), Alaska (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wasilla 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 | 557.2(64) | 540.3(53) | 558.7(56) | 498.0(51) | 413.4(44) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 60.9(7) | 51.0(5) | 59.9(6) | 78.1(8) | 84.6(9) |
| Robbery | 43.5(5) | 91.8(9) | 89.8(9) | 78.1(8) | 75.2(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 452.8(52) | 397.6(39) | 409.0(41) | 332.0(34) | 253.7(27) |
| Property crime | 2490.2(286) | 3150.2(309) | 3810.9(382) | 2646.5(271) | 3429.5(365) |
| Burglary | 191.6(22) | 112.1(11) | 568.6(57) | 615.2(63) | 422.8(45) |
| Larceny | 2046.1(235) | 2834.1(278) | 2982.8(299) | 1796.9(184) | 2828.1(301) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 252.5(29) | 193.7(19) | 249.4(25) | 224.6(23) | 169.1(18) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Wasilla, 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 Wasilla 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 Wasilla calculated?
- Wasilla'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 Wasilla 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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