Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Clovis, NM Crime Grade
How Clovis 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Mexico
2/10
vs. New Mexico cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Clovis, NM was 372.5 per 100,000 residents (139 incidents over a population of 37,320). That puts Clovis Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 43% below the New Mexico statewide rate of 652.0.
That ranks Clovis #2,936 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #5 of 20 in New Mexico. Violent crime is down 33% year over year and down 45% over the last five years.
Clovis, NM crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- New Mexico Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 372.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,936 of 3,771
- NM rank
- #5 of 20
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 33%
- 5-year change
- down 45%
- Population
- 37,320
- Reporting agency
- Clovis Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Clovis Police Department (FBI ORI NM0050100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Clovis, NM
Also known as
- Riley Station
- Riley Switch
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. Clovis (red), New Mexico (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Clovis 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 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 673.8(261) | 601.5(229) | 689.0(260) | 553.2(208) | 372.5(139) |
| Murder | 5.2(2) | 18.4(7) | 2.7(1) | 8.0(3) | 5.4(2) |
| Rape | 139.4(54) | 49.9(19) | 68.9(26) | 58.5(22) | 13.4(5) |
| Robbery | 72.3(28) | 21.0(8) | 29.2(11) | 18.6(7) | 21.4(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 457.0(177) | 512.2(195) | 588.3(222) | 468.1(176) | 332.3(124) |
| Property crime | 3823.5(1,481) | 2156.4(821) | 2480.5(936) | 2321.7(873) | 1556.8(581) |
| Burglary | 774.5(300) | 606.7(231) | 800.3(302) | 720.7(271) | 313.5(117) |
| Larceny | 2527.5(979) | 1271.2(484) | 1351.6(510) | 1340.4(504) | 1077.2(402) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 503.4(195) | 225.9(86) | 251.8(95) | 220.7(83) | 158.1(59) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Clovis, NM 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 Clovis 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 Clovis calculated?
- Clovis's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the New Mexico state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to New Mexico 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 Clovis 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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