Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gallup, NM Crime Grade
How Gallup 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 Gallup, NM was 1365.8 per 100,000 residents (273 incidents over a population of 19,989). That puts Gallup 320% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 109% above the New Mexico statewide rate of 652.0.
That ranks Gallup #3,743 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #20 of 20 in New Mexico. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and down 31% over the last five years.
Gallup, NM crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- New Mexico Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1365.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,743 of 3,771
- NM rank
- #20 of 20
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- down 31%
- Population
- 19,989
- Reporting agency
- Gallup Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gallup Police Department (FBI ORI NM0170100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gallup, NM
Also known as
- Nanizhoozhi
- Na'nizhoozhi
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. Gallup (red), New Mexico (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gallup 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 | 1967.0(417) | 1554.6(330) | 1365.2(280) | 1503.6(301) | 1365.8(273) |
| Murder | 28.3(6) | 9.4(2) | 24.4(5) | 35.0(7) | 15.0(3) |
| Rape | 99.1(21) | 75.4(16) | 107.3(22) | 74.9(15) | 85.0(17) |
| Robbery | 353.8(75) | 277.9(59) | 248.7(51) | 249.8(50) | 195.1(39) |
| Aggravated assault | 1485.8(315) | 1191.8(253) | 984.9(202) | 1143.9(229) | 1070.6(214) |
| Property crime | 4759.4(1,009) | 4866.2(1,033) | 4071.2(835) | 3946.3(790) | 4662.6(932) |
| Burglary | 1004.7(213) | 621.8(132) | 565.6(116) | 709.3(142) | 750.4(150) |
| Larceny | 2896.2(614) | 3476.5(738) | 2935.2(602) | 2807.3(562) | 3441.9(688) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 797.2(169) | 711.3(151) | 463.2(95) | 394.6(79) | 435.2(87) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gallup, 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 Gallup 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 Gallup calculated?
- Gallup'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 Gallup 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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