Alaska Crime Grades A-F (2024)

Statewide grade F

23 cities graded A+ through F based on 2024 FBI crime data. State overall score: 15/100 (High Risk).

What is Alaska’s crime safety grade?

Alaska earned an overall safety grade of F (score: 15/100, High Risk) based on 2024 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 728.4 per 100,000 and property crime rate of 1740.8 per 100,000. PlainCrime graded 23 Alaska cities with reportable crime data against national benchmarks, producing an A+ through F score for each jurisdiction. Grades weigh violent and property crime rates: cities more than 50% below the national average typically earn A or A+, while cities significantly above average receive D or F ratings.

Across the 23 graded Alaska cities, 1 earned A+, 7 earned A, 4 received B, 3 landed at C, 4 received D, and 4 fell to F in the 2024 scoring. The highest-rated city is Wrangell with an A+ grade (score: 95/100, violent rate 48.5/100K). The lowest-rated city is Fairbanks with a F grade (score: 1/100, violent rate 697.7/100K).

Roughly 35% of graded cities in Alaska achieved an A or A+ rating, while 35% received a D or F. Cities missing from this table either did not submit complete 2024 UCR data, fell below the minimum population threshold for reliable rate calculation, or report through consolidated agencies that aggregate into county or regional totals instead of individual city figures. Grade boundaries use the national violent and property crime rate averages for 2024 as the reference point, so grades are directly comparable between Alaska and other states on the site.

A safety grade condenses several FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) measures into a single letter, ranking each state's violent and property crime rates against the national distribution rather than a fixed cutoff. A high grade therefore means a state compares well to its peers in a given year, not that it is free of crime. Grades move as the underlying rates move and as agency reporting completeness shifts from year to year. Two states with the same letter can have very different profiles: one may carry a higher violent-crime rate offset by low property crime, the other the reverse. Use the grade as a quick orientation, then read the component rates beneath it to see what is actually driving the number for this state.

A+

1 cities

7 cities

4 cities

3 cities

4 cities

Wrangell

49
Unalaska

119
Valdez

130
Soldotna

86
Skagway

189
Palmer

153
Sitka

181
Petersburg

202

What this shows Wrangell reports the lowest violent-crime rate in Alaska. At 48.5 per 100K, it runs well below the Alaska average of 728.4. These eight cities anchor the safe end of the state.

#	Grade	City	Score	Violent Rate	Property Rate	Population
1	A+	Wrangell	95	48.5/100K	48.5/100K	2,062
2	A	Unalaska	87	118.9/100K	95.1/100K	4,204
3	A	Valdez	84	129.6/100K	336.9/100K	3,859
4	A	Soldotna	81	85.9/100K	1138.8/100K	4,654
5	A	Skagway	78	188.5/100K	377/100K	1,061
6	A	Palmer	76	153.1/100K	949/100K	6,533
7	A	Sitka	76	180.6/100K	650.1/100K	8,306
8	A	Petersburg	75	202/100K	606.1/100K	3,465
9	B	Kenai	70	229.3/100K	866.1/100K	7,851
10	B	Craig	70	287.9/100K	191.9/100K	1,042
11	B	Homer	68	209.3/100K	1255.6/100K	6,212
12	B	Kodiak	65	264.7/100K	1002.1/100K	5,289
13	C	Seward	58	256/100K	1902/100K	2,734
14	C	North Pole	56	281.1/100K	1807.2/100K	2,490
15	C	Ketchikan	46	360.2/100K	2037.3/100K	8,050
16	D	North Slope Borough	36	596.4/100K	511.2/100K	10,564
17	D	Wasilla	34	449.2/100K	2421.9/100K	10,240
18	D	Juneau	28	537.8/100K	2068.8/100K	31,612
19	D	Bristol Bay Borough	25	817.8/100K	584.1/100K	856
20	F	Nome	24	828.5/100K	718/100K	3,621
21	F	Bethel	10	1656.1/100K	2245.2/100K	6,280
22	F	Anchorage	6	1014.8/100K	2765.9/100K	286,958
23	F	Fairbanks	1	697.7/100K	3463.2/100K	31,676

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Alaska's overall crime safety grade?

Alaska has an overall safety grade of F (score: 15/100). This is based on the state's aggregate violent crime rate of 728.4 per 100K and property crime rate of 1740.8 per 100K compared to national averages.

How many cities in Alaska have an A+ safety grade?

1 cities in Alaska earned an A+ safety grade (2024), meaning their crime rates are well below the national average. 7 additional cities earned an A grade.

Which is the safest city in Alaska?

Wrangell is the highest-rated city in Alaska with an A+ grade (score: 95/100). Its violent crime rate is 48.5 per 100K.

Nationwide states with similar crime grades

FBI UCR peer sets for Alaska grade pages, ranked across all states so these neighborhoods are not the alphabetically adjacent list below.

Similar safety score

Nearest states by statewide safety score (15/100 here, grade F).

Similar graded-city count

Nearest states by cities with A–F grades (23 here); safety-score peers above are excluded.

Nearby States, Crime Grades

Compare Alaska's grade distribution with neighboring states, or use the compare tool to benchmark jurisdictions side-by-side.

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, 2024. Safety scores based on violent and property crime rates vs. national averages published in FBI Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 8. Population figures reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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