Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Espanola, NM Crime Grade
How Espanola 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
3/10
vs. New Mexico cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Espanola, NM was 391.8 per 100,000 residents (41 incidents over a population of 10,465). That puts Espanola 20% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 40% below the New Mexico statewide rate of 652.0.
That ranks Espanola #2,992 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 21% of them, and #7 of 20 in New Mexico. Violent crime is up 213% year over year and down 85% over the last five years.
Espanola, NM crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- New Mexico Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 391.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,992 of 3,771
- NM rank
- #7 of 20
- Safer than
- 21% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 213%
- 5-year change
- down 85%
- Population
- 10,465
- Reporting agency
- Espanola Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Espanola Police Department (FBI ORI NM0210100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Espanola, NM
Also known as
- Butsabi'i
- Espaniola
History
A station established by the D&RGW Railroad in 1881 became Española Station. “La Española” (Spanish: ‘the Spanish woman’) is said to have been the nickname of Josefa Lopez de Lucero who operated a saloon in its early years. The move to incorporate as the Village of Española was made as early as 1920.
Location
Name applied to the populated place west of the Rio Grande. The tilde was added to the name to conform to the legal incorporation name.
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. Espanola (red), New Mexico (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Espanola 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 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 2623.8(265) | 2672.0(268) | 2934.5(297) | 125.0(13) | 391.8(41) |
| Murder | 9.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 19.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 19.1(2) |
| Rape | 19.8(2) | 39.9(4) | 29.6(3) | 0.0(0) | 28.7(3) |
| Robbery | 277.2(28) | 259.2(26) | 276.7(28) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 2316.8(234) | 2372.9(238) | 2608.4(264) | 125.0(13) | 344.0(36) |
| Property crime | 4772.3(482) | 5593.2(561) | 4801.9(486) | 278.8(29) | 554.2(58) |
| Burglary | 1881.2(190) | 2103.7(211) | 2252.7(228) | 201.9(21) | 286.7(30) |
| Larceny | 2415.8(244) | 3020.9(303) | 2173.7(220) | 76.9(8) | 238.9(25) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 435.6(44) | 428.7(43) | 326.1(33) | 0.0(0) | 19.1(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Espanola, 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 Espanola 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 Espanola calculated?
- Espanola'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 Espanola 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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