Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Hobbs, NM Crime Grade
How Hobbs 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
7/10
vs. New Mexico cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Hobbs, NM was 709.3 per 100,000 residents (292 incidents over a population of 41,168). That puts Hobbs Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 9% above the New Mexico statewide rate of 652.0.
That ranks Hobbs #3,529 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #14 of 20 in New Mexico. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Hobbs, NM crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- New Mexico Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 709.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,529 of 3,771
- NM rank
- #14 of 20
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 41,168
- Reporting agency
- Hobbs Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Hobbs Police Department (FBI ORI NM0130200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Hobbs, NM
Also known as
- New Hobbs
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. Hobbs (red), New Mexico (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hobbs 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 | 821.6(328) | 950.9(370) | 886.2(347) | 790.3(308) | 709.3(292) |
| Murder | 12.5(5) | 7.7(3) | 17.9(7) | 20.5(8) | 9.7(4) |
| Rape | 100.2(40) | 143.9(56) | 91.9(36) | 66.7(26) | 85.0(35) |
| Robbery | 67.6(27) | 89.9(35) | 63.8(25) | 51.3(20) | 36.4(15) |
| Aggravated assault | 641.2(256) | 709.3(276) | 712.6(279) | 651.7(254) | 578.1(238) |
| Property crime | 3879.9(1,549) | 4872.5(1,896) | 5031.3(1,970) | 3761.7(1,466) | 3036.3(1,250) |
| Burglary | 1279.9(511) | 1159.0(451) | 865.8(339) | 869.9(339) | 702.0(289) |
| Larceny | 2094.0(836) | 3032.5(1,180) | 3547.4(1,389) | 2517.2(981) | 1984.6(817) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 485.9(194) | 642.5(250) | 554.2(217) | 369.5(144) | 347.4(143) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Hobbs, 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 Hobbs 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 Hobbs calculated?
- Hobbs'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 Hobbs 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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