State crime profile · 2024

Alaska Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 25 cities and 0 counties in Alaska (AK), ranked safest to most dangerous from 37 reporting agencies.

728.4
Violent / 100K
1,740.8
Property / 100K
25
Cities

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.

Within the statewide violent crime total, aggravated assault accounted for 0 incidents, robbery 0, murder and non-negligent manslaughter 0, and rape 0. Property crime splits across larceny-theft (0), burglary (0), motor vehicle theft (0), and arson (0).

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.

Violent Crime Rate
728.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
1740.8/100K
Population
740,133
Data Year
2024

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 lower than 2% of 51 U.S. states

0–100: 0 U.S. states (0%). Below this entry. 100–200: 6 U.S. states (12%). Below this entry. 200–300: 18 U.S. states (35%). Below this entry. 300–400: 10 U.S. states (20%). Below this entry. 400–500: 12 U.S. states (24%). Below this entry. 500–600: 1 U.S. states (2%). Below this entry. 600–700: 2 U.S. states (4%). Below this entry. 700–800: 1 U.S. states (2%). This entry sits in this band. 800–900: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. 900–1,000: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. 1,000–1,100: 1 U.S. states (2%). Above this entry. 1,100+: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. AK 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

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.

/100K

What this shows Juneau is the safest sizeable city in Alaska, at 537.8 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

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.

/100K

What this shows Anchorage reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Alaska, at 1,014.8 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
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

Nearby States

Compare Alaska with neighboring states, or use the compare tool for side-by-side jurisdiction benchmarking.

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Explore Alaska crime data

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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.

For news outlets, researchers, and concerned residents who cite our rankings, the most defensible approach is to quote the per-100,000 rate, the reporting year, and the source agency in the same sentence. Avoid framing crime statistics as predictive, UCR data describes what was reported in a past year, not what will happen tomorrow. Where possible, pair our rankings with longitudinal trend data on the relevant city's profile page to show whether the rate is moving up, holding steady, or falling year over year.