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Anchorage, AK · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Anchorage

Anchorage ranks #102 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 24 — Quiet. That puts it in the 25th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Alaska.

safety score
24
Quiet
National rank
#102 of 134
In Alaska
#1 of 1
Percentile
25th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Anchorage sits 26 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 Anchorage

  1. T#99 Wilmington, DE 26
  2. #101 Durham, NC 25
  3. #102 Anchorage, AK — this page 24
  4. T#103 Cincinnati, OH 23
  5. T#103 Greensboro, NC 23

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

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 Anchorage

Anchorage scores 36 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: