What is the crime rate in Albuquerque?

Albuquerque reports approximately 1182 violent crimes and 4629 property crimes per 100,000 residents based on the most recent public data.

Does Albuquerque have flood risk?

SafeNest evaluates flood risk at the address level. For Albuquerque, federal records show 23 FEMA flood disaster declarations for New Mexico, most recently in 2025; a specific address may still sit inside or outside a FEMA flood zone, which the SafeNest app checks directly.

Is Albuquerque, NM Safe in 2024? Crime Rates, Flood Risk & Schools

Q: Is Albuquerque, NM safe?

Albuquerque records 1182 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 210% above the US national average of 381. Overall SafeNest grade: F, a city-wide average. Crime varies widely block to block within any city, so a city grade cannot describe a specific street.

Crime in Albuquerque vs. the national average

Albuquerque reports 1,182 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 210% above the U.S. average of 381, and 4,629 property crimes per 100k versus a national 1,954 (137% above). In the most recent FBI reporting year (2024), the violent crime rate fell 10.3% year over year, a pattern SafeNest classifies as volatile.

	Albuquerque	US average
Violent crime (per 100k)	1182	381
Property crime (per 100k)	4629	1954

City-wide averages hide block-by-block variation — the safest and least safe neighborhoods in Albuquerque can differ dramatically. For a specific address, run a free SafeNest search.

Flood & natural hazard risk

Federal disaster records for New Mexico — the state SafeNest uses for Albuquerque's flood context — list 23 FEMA flood disaster declarations between 1954 and 2025, most recently "Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides". New Mexico has also seen 1 hurricane or tropical-storm declaration, events that frequently drive flooding. These are state-level federal declarations, not a parcel-level flood-zone determination — a specific Albuquerque address may sit inside or well outside a FEMA flood zone, which the SafeNest app checks directly by address.

Schools in Albuquerque

Public schools in Albuquerque average 5.7/10 on the SafeNest School Score across 192 rated schools. By level, high schools rate strongest at 6.2/10 on average, while elementary schools average 5.6/10. The highest-scoring is Atrisco Heritage Academy Hs at 9.7/10.

Registered offenders

Registered-offender data is meaningful only at the address level, so SafeNest does not publish a city-wide figure for Albuquerque: a single citywide number would blend blocks with very different profiles and mislead more than it informs. Exact counts and locations for any specific Albuquerque address are available in the SafeNest app, drawn directly from the state's public registry.

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Data compiled from public sources including FBI crime statistics, FEMA flood maps, NCES education data, and state registries. Last updated 2026-07-12. Figures are city-level estimates; verify with primary sources before making decisions. SafeNest is not a consumer reporting agency (see Terms).