Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Farmington, NM Crime Grade
How Farmington 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
10/10
vs. New Mexico cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Farmington, NM was 1041.0 per 100,000 residents (481 incidents over a population of 46,204). That puts Farmington Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 60% above the New Mexico statewide rate of 652.0.
That ranks Farmington #3,696 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 2% of them, and #19 of 20 in New Mexico. Violent crime is up 9% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Farmington, NM crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- New Mexico Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1041.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,696 of 3,771
- NM rank
- #19 of 20
- Safer than
- 2% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 9%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 46,204
- Reporting agency
- Farmington Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Farmington Police Department (FBI ORI NM0240200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Farmington, NM
Also known as
- Tohta
- To Ta
- Tqo Tah
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. Farmington (red), New Mexico (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Farmington 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 | 1205.3(530) | 1070.3(495) | 1071.0(492) | 955.6(441) | 1041.0(481) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 6.5(3) | 19.6(9) | 4.3(2) | 6.5(3) |
| Rape | 129.6(57) | 170.8(79) | 143.7(66) | 125.7(58) | 171.0(79) |
| Robbery | 102.3(45) | 62.7(29) | 74.0(34) | 71.5(33) | 58.4(27) |
| Aggravated assault | 973.3(428) | 830.3(384) | 833.7(383) | 754.1(348) | 805.1(372) |
| Property crime | 2826.7(1,243) | 2423.8(1,121) | 2586.0(1,188) | 2502.7(1,155) | 2532.2(1,170) |
| Burglary | 448.0(197) | 358.9(166) | 389.6(179) | 368.4(170) | 227.3(105) |
| Larceny | 2017.1(887) | 1775.2(821) | 1898.2(872) | 1841.8(850) | 2019.3(933) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 316.1(139) | 263.8(122) | 274.3(126) | 260.0(120) | 235.9(109) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Farmington, 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 Farmington 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 Farmington calculated?
- Farmington'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 Farmington 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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