Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Portales, NM Crime Grade
How Portales 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
8/10
vs. New Mexico cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Portales, NM was 790.0 per 100,000 residents (93 incidents over a population of 11,772). That puts Portales 117% above the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 6% above the New Mexico statewide rate of 746.9.
That ranks Portales #3,592 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #16 of 20 in New Mexico. Violent crime is up 15% year over year and up 41% over the last five years.
Portales, NM crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- New Mexico Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 790.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,592 of 3,771
- NM rank
- #16 of 20
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 15%
- 5-year change
- up 41%
- Population
- 11,772
- Reporting agency
- Portales Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Portales Police Department (FBI ORI NM0220100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Portales (red), New Mexico (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Portales vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 560.8(66) | 471.1(55) | 651.4(78) | 689.0(82) | 790.0(93) |
| Murder | 25.5(3) | 8.6(1) | 8.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 8.5(1) |
| Rape | 42.5(5) | 51.4(6) | 75.2(9) | 67.2(8) | 59.5(7) |
| Robbery | 51.0(6) | 17.1(2) | 33.4(4) | 16.8(2) | 42.5(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 441.9(52) | 394.0(46) | 534.4(64) | 604.9(72) | 679.6(80) |
| Property crime | 2617.3(308) | 2689.5(314) | 2505.2(300) | 1940.9(231) | 2973.2(350) |
| Burglary | 1104.7(130) | 788.0(92) | 1194.2(143) | 815.0(97) | 1495.1(176) |
| Larceny | 1325.6(156) | 1533.2(179) | 1135.7(136) | 873.8(104) | 1078.8(127) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 170.0(20) | 291.2(34) | 158.7(19) | 218.5(26) | 305.8(36) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Portales, 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 Portales 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 Portales calculated?
- Portales'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 Portales 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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