State crime profile · 2024
Alaska Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 25 cities (no FBI Table 10 county rows in this vintage) in Alaska (AK), ranked safest to most dangerous from 37 reporting agencies.
Data updated 2026-07-13
- 728.4
- Violent / 100K
- 1,740.8
- Property / 100K
- 25
- Cities
Alaska violent crime is 728.4 per 100,000, 107% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Alaska records 728.4 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 107% above the national average (about the 50th-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.
- 728.4 violent crimes per 100K
- +107% vs. the U.S. average
- 50th safest of 51 states & DC
- 1,740.8 property crimes per 100K
The verdict
Alaska's 728.4 violent crimes per 100,000 runs 107% above the U.S. average, making it among the highest-crime states in the country.
- 728.4
- violent crimes per 100K
- +107%
- vs. the U.S. average
- 50th
- safest of 51 states & DC
- 1,740.8
- property crimes per 100K
How safe is Alaska? FBI UCR data snapshot
Alaska (AK) reported 5,391 violent crimes and 12,884 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 37 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 728.4 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1740.8 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 740,133. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 25 Alaska cities and 0 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.
The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Alaska below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.
Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 632 to 728.4 per 100,000, a rise of 15.3%. City-level detail pages within Alaska include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.
State figures roll up the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) submissions from local and county agencies across the state, then express them per 100,000 residents so one state can be compared with another. Statewide averages hide a great deal of variation: a handful of large cities often account for much of a state's reported violent crime, while most of its land area and population live with markedly lower rates. Reporting completeness also differs between states, so a year-over-year change can reflect which agencies filed data as much as any real shift on the ground. Read a state number as the broad backdrop, then drill into the city and county pages for the local detail that actually shapes day-to-day decisions.
How Alaska ranks nationally
Alaska vs. every U.S. state
Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.
728 2nd percentile among 51 U.S. states
Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024
Safest Cities
Top 50 by lowest violent crime rate
Most Dangerous Cities
Top 50 by highest violent crime rate
Crime Trends
Multi-year charts & analysis
Crime Trends
| Year | Population | Violent Crime | Rate | Property Crime | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 740,133 | 5,391 | 728.4 | 12,884 | 1740.8 |
| 2023 | 733,406 | 5,391 | 735.1 | 13,983 | 1906.6 |
| 2022 | 733,583 | 5,682 | 774.6 | 13,470 | 1836.2 |
| 2021 | 732,673 | 2,406 | 328.4 | 5,101 | 696.2 |
| 2020 | 731,158 | 6,103 | 834.7 | 16,550 | 2263.5 |
| 2019 | 731,545 | 6,343 | 867.1 | 21,473 | 2935.3 |
| 2018 | 737,438 | 6,528 | 885.2 | 24,421 | 3311.6 |
| 2017 | 739,795 | 6,320 | 854.3 | 26,225 | 3544.9 |
| 2016 | 741,894 | 5,941 | 800.8 | 24,912 | 3357.9 |
| 2015 | 738,432 | 5,365 | 726.5 | 20,886 | 2828.4 |
| 2014 | 736,732 | 4,656 | 632 | 20,361 | 2763.7 |
Cities in Alaska
Safest cities in Alaska
Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Juneau
Juneau
537.8 /100K
- Fairbanks
Fairbanks
697.7 /100K
- Anchorage
Anchorage
1,014.8 /100K
What this shows Juneau is the safest sizeable city in Alaska, at 537.8 violent crimes per 100,000.
Highest violent-crime cities in Alaska
Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Anchorage
Anchorage
1,014.8 /100K
- Fairbanks
Fairbanks
697.7 /100K
- Juneau
Juneau
537.8 /100K
What this shows Anchorage reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Alaska, at 1,014.8 per 100,000.
| City | Population | Violent / 100K | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage | 286,958 | 1,014.8 | F |
| Fairbanks | 31,676 | 697.7 | F |
| Juneau | 31,612 | 537.8 | D |
| North Slope Borough | 10,564 | 596.4 | D |
| Wasilla | 10,240 | 449.2 | D |
| Sitka | 8,306 | 180.6 | A |
| Ketchikan | 8,050 | 360.2 | C |
| Kenai | 7,851 | 229.3 | B |
| Palmer | 6,533 | 153.1 | A |
| Bethel | 6,280 | 1,656.1 | F |
| Homer | 6,212 | 209.3 | B |
| Kodiak | 5,289 | 264.7 | B |
| Soldotna | 4,654 | 85.9 | A |
| Unalaska | 4,204 | 118.9 | A |
| Valdez | 3,859 | 129.6 | A |
| Nome | 3,621 | 828.5 | F |
| Petersburg | 3,465 | 202 | A |
| Seward | 2,734 | 256 | C |
| North Pole | 2,490 | 281.1 | C |
| Cordova | 2,171 | 230.3 | A |
| Dillingham | 2,088 | 335.2 | B |
| Wrangell | 2,062 | 48.5 | A+ |
| Skagway | 1,061 | 188.5 | A |
| Craig | 1,042 | 287.9 | B |
| Bristol Bay Borough | 856 | 817.8 | D |
Counties in Alaska
FBI Table 10 lists no county rows for Alaska in this vintage (30 Census county-equivalents exist; participation is voluntary). Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.
No county profile pages for Alaska in this vintage. City and statewide agency totals remain available above.
Nearby States
Compare Alaska with neighboring states, or use the compare tool for side-by-side jurisdiction benchmarking.
Explore Alaska crime data
Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.
Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Using PlainCrime rankings responsibly
Crime rankings are most useful when they sit alongside other community-quality signals, school performance, housing affordability, employment, and access to healthcare. A safer-than-average violent-crime rate in a small commuter suburb does not by itself make a city a better place to live; it is one data point among many. Likewise, a higher-than-average rate in a dense urban center may reflect that residents and visitors interact with police more often, not that the city is necessarily unsafe for its residents. We provide cross-links from each city profile to neighboring jurisdictions, state averages, and national benchmarks so you can read each number in context rather than in isolation.
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program State UCR aggregates · 2024 Alaska statewide rates from participating agencies.
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