Crime in New Mexico: rates, trends and every county

Crime reported to police in New Mexico since 1979 (FBI estimates), and the counts reported by each county's police agencies.

621.6 per 100,0002025. U.S.: 327.6.
2,239.5 per 100,0002025. U.S.: 1,534.8.
182murders2025: 8.6 per 100,000.

New Mexico since 1979

Violent crime rate per 100,000, New Mexico 02525057571009 19801990200020102020

per 100,000 residents.

Property crime rate per 100,000, New Mexico 01589317847676356 19801990200020102020

per 100,000 residents.

Every year, by type of crime
YearViolentRateMurderRobberyAgg. assaultPropertyRateBurglaryVehicle theft
202513,213621.61821,08810,86647,6012,239.58,6076,820
202415,450725.32261,39112,65259,3842,787.610,90010,676
202315,843746.92501,54112,90661,0072,876.110,99411,000
202216,416776.82592,33112,65062,8972,976.212,74011,403
202117,374820.82732,51313,18058,6822,772.412,85310,168
202016,393778.31642,08612,97359,8592,841.913,6659,006
201917,302824.01852,47713,28566,7443,178.814,6409,355
201817,637842.81532,64613,53670,7223,379.416,10210,028
201716,300778.61443,73211,18081,8653,910.617,87211,709
201614,585699.41392,73710,18281,9303,928.717,28011,743
201513,672657.21172,4859,40777,2123,711.517,0848,643
201412,465597.71012,0868,79773,8773,542.318,5056,290
201312,990622.51231,8329,47078,9583,783.521,8285,984
201211,660559.61161,8478,74075,0943,604.221,3845,463
201111,904572.71581,7209,17073,5493,538.321,4195,400
201012,147588.01401,6169,43270,7763,425.921,0235,250
200912,709632.41981,9329,51074,6393,714.021,9556,502
200812,967653.51612,1519,53775,7183,815.720,7068,017
200713,311675.71832,3239,77775,1683,815.820,8238,903
200612,797654.71342,0959,49576,0003,888.320,9069,230
200512,448646.31441,8939,37079,5754,131.720,9397,929
200413,081687.41692,0629,81179,8954,198.419,9247,902
200312,535667.31161,9379,54276,8164,089.118,9977,224
200213,719740.71522,20610,33480,4774,345.319,6347,437
200114,288780.4992,69510,64483,0954,538.419,5527,137
200013,786757.91352,49910,23086,6054,761.021,3397,341
199914,520834.61702,57910,82789,2205,128.021,4818,126
199816,700961.41902,83912,714100,0115,757.724,21310,767
199714,762853.31342,96610,790104,7216,053.225,12612,407
199614,399840.61972,78210,33298,6985,761.723,5869,973
199513,804819.21482,60410,09894,5085,608.824,3838,647
199414,708889.21772,32911,33687,6385,298.521,9458,350
199315,024929.71302,23711,81586,2365,336.422,9666,547
199214,781934.91412,20211,44886,9425,499.223,8965,974
199112,922834.81631,86210,08690,4745,844.626,6725,361
199011,821780.21391,7449,18589,4485,903.926,3435,101
198910,755703.91321,6078,31489,6935,870.026,1465,346
19889,938658.11731,5577,62889,8175,948.127,7375,888
19879,427628.51521,6257,00488,7755,918.326,8155,183
198610,731725.61701,9167,95287,2665,900.327,2835,077
198510,207703.91582,0037,32483,8435,782.325,4325,013
19849,798688.11301,8567,02979,1085,555.323,3494,564
19839,608686.81241,5957,21879,1755,659.421,8134,285
19829,982734.51581,7157,45379,8165,873.122,1354,279
19818,913671.71511,8686,26673,3695,528.921,4054,712
19807,967615.01701,6575,57969,4905,364.119,3354,542
19797,272586.01541,5025,03464,5635,202.518,3854,433

Rates per 100,000 residents.

FBI Crime Data Explorer, estimated crimes.

By county

CountyYearViolent rateProperty rateAgencies
Bernalillo County2025850.33,160.14
Catron County2024127.2381.51
Chaves County2025561.01,887.45
Cibola County2024178.5699.23
Colfax County2018383.71,901.95
Curry County2025315.11,379.04
De Baca County2024722.01,143.21
Doña Ana County2022515.63,375.96
Guadalupe County2024286.3726.73
Hidalgo County2025358.7717.42
Lea County2019458.83,096.26
Lincoln County2019509.82,337.75
Los Alamos County202561.0294.91
Luna County2019832.13,967.22
McKinley County2025507.31,579.42
Mora County2024227.3250.12
Otero County2019397.01,686.64
Quay County202269.9954.93
Rio Arriba County2017843.01,816.83
San Juan County2025667.91,439.04
San Miguel County2025359.6773.83
Sandoval County2019525.4826.57
Santa Fe County2025401.21,980.42
Sierra County2025185.81,141.22
Socorro County2018521.23,031.63
Taos County2024201.91,151.15
Torrance County2017497.21,671.85
Union County2022217.1241.32
Valencia County2023532.41,852.75

Each county's latest complete year: crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. A year is shown only when every agency reported the full year and its total is in line with the years around it, so some counties show an older year or are missing. State police and campus crimes aren't included.

What these numbers are

  • FBI figures count crimes to police, from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program. National and state totals are FBI , which fill in for agencies that didn't report.
  • 2021 is different: The FBI retired its Summary Reporting System on January 1, 2021 and accepted only NIBRS data for 2021, so agencies covering 77.0% of the population (monthly average) reported that year, against 96.2% in 2019. The FBI's 2021 estimates fill the gap statistically and carry more uncertainty. The switch was to .
  • Many crimes are never reported to police. The asks people directly, so it counts those too; in 2024, about 47.9% of violent victimizations were reported to police.
  • Definitions change: the FBI broadened its definition of rape in 2013, so rape counts before and after aren't comparable. is the largest share of violent crime; is the largest share of property crime.
  • We show the agencies' figures as published and don't credit or blame any official, party or policy for them: crime rises and falls for many reasons that these counts can't separate.

Quick answers

What is the crime rate in New Mexico?
In 2025, 621.6 violent and 2,239.5 property crimes per 100,000 residents in New Mexico (FBI estimates), against 327.6 and 1,534.8 for the U.S.
How many murders were there in New Mexico?
182 in 2025 (FBI estimate), 8.6 per 100,000.

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