Albuquerque, NM crime rate
In 2025 the Albuquerque Police Department reported 1,029.7 violent crimes and 4,062.8 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for New Mexico and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Albuquerque compare with New Mexico and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Albuquerque only.
What offenses were reported in Albuquerque, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | New Mexico | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 5,758 | 1,029.7 | 621.6 | 327.6 | down 13.8% | down 28.2% |
| Murder | 75 | 13.4 | 8.6 | 4.1 | down 29.5% | down 39.6% |
| Rape | 326 | 58.3 | 50.7 | 36.1 | down 11.7% | down 36.3% |
| Robbery | 701 | 125.4 | 51.2 | 49.4 | down 22.1% | down 60.3% |
| Aggravated assault | 4,656 | 832.6 | 511.2 | 238.0 | down 12.3% | down 17.2% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 22,719 | 4,062.8 | 2,239.5 | 1,534.8 | down 14.8% | down 8.8% |
| Burglary | 3,771 | 674.4 | 404.9 | 193.6 | down 14.6% | down 14.5% |
| Larceny-theft | 15,606 | 2,790.8 | 1,513.7 | 1,144.1 | down 5.2% | up 1.5% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 3,269 | 584.6 | 320.9 | 197.0 | down 42.9% | down 34.8% |
| Arson | 73 | 13.1 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 37.9% | down 38.5% |
Reported = offenses known to the Albuquerque Police Department and sent to the FBI. New Mexico and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Albuquerque | United States | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,434.4 | 387.0 | 820.8 |
| 2022 | 1,386.7 | 388.7 | 776.8 |
| 2023 | 1,313.2 | 379.5 | 746.9 |
| 2024 | 1,194.8 | 362.9 | 725.3 |
| 2025 | 1,029.7 | 327.6 | 621.6 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Albuquerque | United States | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,456.1 | 1,832.3 | 2,772.4 |
| 2022 | 4,834.1 | 1,973.8 | 2,976.2 |
| 2023 | 4,756.6 | 1,934.1 | 2,876.1 |
| 2024 | 4,766.8 | 1,761.1 | 2,787.6 |
| 2025 | 4,062.8 | 1,534.8 | 2,239.5 |
Is Albuquerque safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Albuquerque Police Department reported, 1,029.7 per 100,000 residents, was higher than New Mexico's 621.6, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 13.8% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Albuquerque's 2025 violent crime rate, 1,029.7 per 100,000 residents covered by the Albuquerque Police Department, was 1.7 times the New Mexico estimate of 621.6 and 3.1 times the US rate of 327.6. The rate rests on 5,758 offenses reported to the FBI. Property crime, 4,062.8 per 100,000 from 22,719 offenses, was 1.8 times the state figure of 2,239.5.
From 2024 to 2025, violent crime fell 13.8% and property crime 14.8%. Since 2021 violent crime has dropped 28.2% from 1,434.4, and the New Mexico estimate has gone from 820.8 to 621.6. Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 60.3%, to 125.4 per 100,000.
Murder came down 29.5% in the last year, the largest fall among violent offenses from 2024, to 13.4 per 100,000, which was 75 homicides. Aggravated assault was 81% of violent crime. Motor vehicle theft fell 42.9% from 2024, the largest drop in the property group, and is 3.0 times the US rate.
Larceny-theft, at 2,790.8 per 100,000, is up 1.5% from 2021, the largest rise in the property group. The department reported 12 of 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and moved to NIBRS in 2018. The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office reports separately, so its cases are not included.
In 2025 the department had 2.93 police employees per 1,000 residents.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.93 per 1,000 residents (966 officers, 671 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other New Mexico cities
The nearest New Mexico cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Albuquerque Police Department (ORI NM0010100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, New Mexico and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0010100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0010100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0010100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0010100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0010100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0010100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0010100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0010100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0010100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0010100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Albuquerque Police Department (NM0010100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NM0010100__from-2021-to-2025.json)