Juneau, AK carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 53% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Juneau, AK shows violent crime at 537.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,068.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 53% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
537.8/100K violent
2068.8/100K property
+53% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Juneau, AK
Comparable rate records
Juneau's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Alaska cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Juneau's 537.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are North Slope Borough (596.4), Wasilla (449.2), Fairbanks (697.7), Ketchikan (360.2). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 927.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 537.8 in 2024 (-42.0%). The highest observed value was 927.2 in 2020 and the lowest 515.9 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Juneau reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Alaska cities
At 537.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Juneau ranks 7 of 25 — above 18 of the 24 other Alaska cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +106.5% against the cohort median of 260.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 20.6% of the 824 Part I offenses reported in Juneau for 2024, against a median of 25.9% across comparable Alaska cities — a gap of 5.3 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.
Property counts dominate Juneau'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.
Juneau's 2024 municipal footprint
Juneau's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (61% of 824 offenses; mix index 4,110).
Violent offenses are 21% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-27.3%
2843.9 → 2068.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+4.2%
515.9 → 537.8/100K
Property offenses lead Juneau's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs AK
Property Crime
654
2068.8
1711
1740.8
Larceny-Theft
501
1584.8
-
-
Burglary
107
338.5
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
46
145.5
-
-
Arson
7
22.1
-
-
Violent Crime
170
537.8
352
728.4
Aggravated Assault
113
357.5
-
-
Rape
36
113.9
-
-
Robbery
20
63.3
-
-
Murder
1
3.2
-
-
Juneau Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Juneau property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Juneau Police Department
Reporting agency for Juneau NIBRS-participating
Juneau Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Juneau's 824 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
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 Alaska
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Alaska cities closest to Juneau in population. Their populations run from 6,280 to 31,676, against 31,612 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Juneau reported 170 violent crimes and 654 property crimes, for a total of 824 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Juneau?
From 2023 to 2024, Juneau's violent crime rate increased by 4.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 27.3%.
What is the most common crime in Juneau?
The most common crime type in Juneau is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.8% of all reported crimes (501 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Juneau 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 Juneau, AK rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.