New Mexico Crime Grades
F43 cities graded A+ through F based on 2024 FBI crime data. State overall score: 0/100 (High Risk).
FBI UCR Safety Grade Snapshot: New Mexico
New Mexico earned an overall safety grade of F (score: 0/100, High Risk) based on 2024 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 696.9 per 100,000 and property crime rate of 2705.6 per 100,000. PlainCrime graded 43 New Mexico 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 43 graded New Mexico cities, 3 earned A+, 0 earned A, 0 received B, 2 landed at C, 1 received D, and 37 fell to F in the 2024 scoring. The highest-rated city is Hurley with a A+ grade (score: 100/100, violent rate 0/100K). The lowest-rated city is Gallup with a F grade (score: 0/100, violent rate 1503.6/100K).
Roughly 7% of graded cities in New Mexico achieved an A or A+ rating, while 88% 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 New Mexico and other states on the site.
| # | Grade | City | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A+ | Hurley | 100 |
| 2 | A+ | Jal | 94 |
| 3 | A+ | Red River | 92 |
| 4 | C | Los Alamos | 55 |
| 5 | C | Anthony | 50 |
| 6 | D | Tularosa | 26 |
| 7 | F | Lordsburg | 16 |
| 8 | F | Corrales | 13 |
| 9 | F | Questa | 11 |
| 10 | F | Sunland Park | 5 |
| 11 | F | Capitan | 2 |
| 12 | F | Bosque Farms | 1 |
| 13 | F | Peralta | 0 |
| 14 | F | Santa Clara | 0 |
| 15 | F | Milan | 0 |
| 16 | F | Rio Rancho | 0 |
| 17 | F | Alamogordo | 0 |
| 18 | F | Edgewood | 0 |
| 19 | F | Grants | 0 |
| 20 | F | Aztec | 0 |
| 21 | F | Raton | 0 |
| 22 | F | Santa Rosa | 0 |
| 23 | F | Bernalillo | 0 |
| 24 | F | Eunice | 0 |
| 25 | F | Artesia | 0 |
| 26 | F | Clayton | 0 |
| 27 | F | Carlsbad | 0 |
| 28 | F | Bayard | 0 |
| 29 | F | Hatch | 0 |
| 30 | F | Los Lunas | 0 |
| 31 | F | Las Vegas | 0 |
| 32 | F | Bloomfield | 0 |
| 33 | F | Las Cruces | 0 |
| 34 | F | Portales | 0 |
| 35 | F | Hobbs | 0 |
| 36 | F | Truth or Consequences | 0 |
| 37 | F | Santa Fe | 0 |
| 38 | F | Roswell | 0 |
| 39 | F | Taos | 0 |
| 40 | F | Farmington | 0 |
| 41 | F | Belen | 0 |
| 42 | F | Albuquerque | 0 |
| 43 | F | Gallup | 0 |
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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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