Alamogordo, NM carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 5% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Alamogordo, NM shows violent crime at 334.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,847 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 5% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
334.4/100K violent
2847/100K property
-5% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Alamogordo, NM
Comparable rate records
Alamogordo's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Mexico cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Alamogordo's 334.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sunland Park (327.9), Rio Rancho (318.2), Questa (389.5), Edgewood (392.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 10.5% of the 999 Part I offenses reported in Alamogordo for 2024, against a median of 21.6% across comparable New Mexico cities — a gap of 11.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 261.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 334.4 in 2024 (+27.9%). The highest observed value was 517.4 in 2021 and the lowest 261.4 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Alamogordo sits mid-pack among comparable New Mexico cities
At 334.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Alamogordo ranks 29 of 43 — above 14 of the 42 other New Mexico cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -30.6% against the cohort median of 481.6. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 82.8% of reported property offenses in Alamogordo, against a cohort median of 65.3%. The remainder is burglary (107) and motor vehicle theft (47). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Alamogordo's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Alamogordo's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 21.6 Census sq mi, Alamogordo logged 41.4 property and 4.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Alamogordo's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 999 offenses; mix index 5,719).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (21.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-17.1%
403.2 → 334.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-3.9%
2962.3 → 2847/100K
Property offenses lead Alamogordo's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
894
2847
1711
Larceny-Theft
740
2356.6
-
Burglary
107
340.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
47
149.7
-
Arson
5
15.9
-
Violent Crime
105
334.4
352
Aggravated Assault
97
308.9
-
Rape
7
22.3
-
Robbery
1
3.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Alamogordo Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Alamogordo property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Alamogordo Police Department
Reporting agency for Alamogordo NIBRS-participating
Alamogordo Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Alamogordo's 999 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in New Mexico
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the New Mexico cities closest to Alamogordo in population. Their populations run from 17,996 to 46,677, against 31,401 here. Or use our
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Alamogordo at 334.4/100K violent and 2,847/100K property - matched below outside New Mexico (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Alamogordo reported 105 violent crimes and 894 property crimes, for a total of 999 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Alamogordo?
From 2023 to 2024, Alamogordo's violent crime rate decreased by 17.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 3.9%.
What is the most common crime in Alamogordo?
The most common crime type in Alamogordo is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.1% of all reported crimes (740 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Alamogordo figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Alamogordo, NM rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.