Wasilla, AK carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 28% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Wasilla, AK shows violent crime at 449.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,421.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 28% 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
449.2/100K violent
2421.9/100K property
+28% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Wasilla, AK
Comparable rate records
Wasilla's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Alaska cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Wasilla's 449.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Juneau (537.8), Ketchikan (360.2), Dillingham (335.2), North Slope Borough (596.4). 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 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 694.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 449.2 in 2024 (-35.3%). The highest observed value was 694.7 in 2020 and the lowest 449.2 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Wasilla sits mid-pack among comparable Alaska cities
At 449.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Wasilla ranks 8 of 25 — above 17 of the 24 other Alaska cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +72.5% 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 15.6% of the 294 Part I offenses reported in Wasilla for 2024, against a median of 25.9% across comparable Alaska cities — a gap of 10.3 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-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 67.3% of reported property offenses in Wasilla, against a cohort median of 80.7%. The remainder is burglary (61) and motor vehicle theft (20). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Wasilla'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.
Wasilla's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 12.4 Census sq mi, Wasilla logged 20 property and 3.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Wasilla leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,838.
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (12.4 sq mi); 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
-36.4%
3810.9 → 2421.9/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-19.6%
558.7 → 449.2/100K
Property offenses lead Wasilla's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs AK
Property Crime
248
2421.9
1711
1740.8
Larceny-Theft
167
1630.9
-
-
Burglary
61
595.7
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
20
195.3
-
-
Arson
1
9.8
-
-
Violent Crime
46
449.2
352
728.4
Aggravated Assault
33
322.3
-
-
Rape
7
68.4
-
-
Robbery
5
48.8
-
-
Murder
1
9.8
-
-
Wasilla Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Wasilla property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Wasilla Police Department
Reporting agency for Wasilla NIBRS-participating
Wasilla Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Wasilla's 294 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 Alaska
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Alaska cities closest to Wasilla in population. Their populations run from 5,289 to 10,564, against 10,240 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Wasilla reported 46 violent crimes and 248 property crimes, for a total of 294 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Wasilla?
From 2023 to 2024, Wasilla's violent crime rate decreased by 19.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 36.4%.
What is the most common crime in Wasilla?
The most common crime type in Wasilla is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.8% of all reported crimes (167 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Wasilla 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 Wasilla, AK rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.