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Albuquerque, NM · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Albuquerque

Albuquerque ranks T#113 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 16 — Quiet. That puts it in the 16th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in New Mexico.

safety score
16
Quiet
National rank
T#113 of 134
In New Mexico
#2 of 2
Percentile
16th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Albuquerque sits 34 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Albuquerque

  1. T#111 Houston, TX 17
  2. T#111 Spokane, WA 17
  3. T#113 Albuquerque, NM — this page 16
  4. #115 Stowe, VT 15
  5. T#116 Denver, CO 14

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Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Albuquerque

Albuquerque scores 41 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: