Crime in Alaska
Major crime across Alaska is 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident: 2.4 times for persons crimes and 44% higher for property crimes. That is the 2nd highest of the 50 states and DC. Expected major crimes are up 4.5% from a year earlier. Of the 28 places below, 3 are more than 5% above the statewide rate.
Larger places in Alaska, against the U.S. and the state
Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.
The 28 largest places in Alaska, largest first.
Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 3.3 times the U.S. rate
Every block group in Alaska, including towns and unincorporated areas: the index against the U.S. rate per resident, and expected crimes a year per 100,000 residents.
Persons crimes
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Alaska
Share of Alaska residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.
- 0–5027.0%
- 50–10031.9%
- 100–20019.4%
- 200–40014.3%
- 400+7.5%
21.9% of Alaska residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI; for the rest, totals come from summary counts (39.8%) or from agencies' past reports or similar agencies (0.0%), and 38.4% live in areas without a reporting agency of their own (shares of 2020 residents). Data sources
504 block groups and 740,190 residents. How the estimates are made