Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Los Lunas, NM Crime Grade
How Los Lunas 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Mexico
4/10
vs. New Mexico cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Los Lunas, NM was 486.0 per 100,000 residents (100 incidents over a population of 20,577). That puts Los Lunas 49% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 25% below the New Mexico statewide rate of 652.0.
That ranks Los Lunas #3,245 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 14% of them, and #9 of 20 in New Mexico. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 26% over the last five years.
Los Lunas, NM crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- New Mexico Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 486.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,245 of 3,771
- NM rank
- #9 of 20
- Safer than
- 14% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 26%
- Population
- 20,577
- Reporting agency
- Los Lunas Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Los Lunas Police Department (FBI ORI NM0320300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Los Lunas (red), New Mexico (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Los Lunas 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 | 658.3(108) | 522.7(96) | 604.9(116) | 588.6(116) | 486.0(100) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.9(1) |
| Rape | 24.4(4) | 43.6(8) | 36.5(7) | 40.6(8) | 43.7(9) |
| Robbery | 61.0(10) | 65.3(12) | 36.5(7) | 60.9(12) | 34.0(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 573.0(94) | 413.8(76) | 526.7(101) | 487.1(96) | 403.4(83) |
| Property crime | 3480.6(571) | 3963.8(728) | 3107.9(596) | 2933.0(578) | 1977.9(407) |
| Burglary | 975.3(160) | 1399.3(257) | 568.4(109) | 568.3(112) | 272.1(56) |
| Larceny | 2066.4(339) | 2052.7(377) | 2211.0(424) | 1908.0(376) | 1530.8(315) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 420.6(69) | 506.4(93) | 318.1(61) | 446.5(88) | 170.1(35) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Los Lunas, 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 Los Lunas 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 Los Lunas calculated?
- Los Lunas'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 Los Lunas 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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