Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Roswell, NM Crime Grade
How Roswell 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
6/10
vs. New Mexico cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Roswell, NM was 657.2 per 100,000 residents (308 incidents over a population of 46,866). That puts Roswell Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 1% above the New Mexico statewide rate of 652.0.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Roswell (red), New Mexico (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Roswell 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 | 995.6(473) | 890.3(424) | 919.3(431) | 852.7(398) | 657.2(308) |
| Murder | 18.9(9) | 18.9(9) | 14.9(7) | 12.9(6) | 10.7(5) |
| Rape | 73.7(35) | 86.1(41) | 78.9(37) | 85.7(40) | 76.8(36) |
| Robbery | 84.2(40) | 60.9(29) | 59.7(28) | 42.8(20) | 32.0(15) |
| Aggravated assault | 818.8(389) | 724.4(345) | 765.8(359) | 711.3(332) | 537.7(252) |
| Property crime | 2403.7(1,142) | 3057.2(1,456) | 2960.7(1,388) | 2560.1(1,195) | 2362.1(1,107) |
| Burglary | 524.1(249) | 470.3(224) | 477.8(224) | 428.5(200) | 379.8(178) |
| Larceny | 1587.0(754) | 2179.5(1,038) | 2116.0(992) | 1885.3(880) | 1777.4(833) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 231.5(110) | 344.4(164) | 296.5(139) | 195.0(91) | 170.7(80) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Roswell's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to New Mexico cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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