Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Albuquerque, NM Crime Grade
How Albuquerque grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of New Mexico — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Mexico
8/10
vs. New Mexico cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Albuquerque, NM was 1013.1 per 100,000 residents (5,665 incidents over a population of 559,192). That puts Albuquerque Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 55% above the New Mexico statewide rate of 652.0.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Albuquerque (red), New Mexico (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Albuquerque 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 | 1434.4(8,092) | 1386.3(7,771) | 1323.2(7,398) | 1192.5(6,663) | 1013.1(5,665) |
| Murder | 22.2(125) | 22.5(126) | 19.7(110) | 19.0(106) | 12.9(72) |
| Rape | 91.5(516) | 64.4(361) | 58.1(325) | 65.1(364) | 54.7(306) |
| Robbery | 315.7(1,781) | 295.1(1,654) | 176.2(985) | 160.7(898) | 123.6(691) |
| Aggravated assault | 1005.1(5,670) | 1004.4(5,630) | 1069.2(5,978) | 947.7(5,295) | 821.9(4,596) |
| Property crime | 4456.1(25,139) | 4833.6(27,095) | 4756.8(26,595) | 4765.0(26,624) | 3968.9(22,194) |
| Burglary | 789.2(4,452) | 817.8(4,584) | 679.0(3,796) | 788.9(4,408) | 659.9(3,690) |
| Larceny | 2748.6(15,506) | 2947.2(16,521) | 3032.2(16,953) | 2942.5(16,441) | 2718.6(15,202) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 897.1(5,061) | 1055.4(5,916) | 1034.7(5,785) | 1024.1(5,722) | 577.6(3,230) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Albuquerque's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to New Mexico cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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