Crime in Fairbanks, Alaska
Major crime in Fairbanks is 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident: 2.6 times for persons crimes and 35% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 5.1% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Aggravated assault stands out most, at 2.6 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Fairbanks for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Fairbanks
The middle half of Fairbanks residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 10 and 197; the typical (median) resident's is 93. The citywide figure (157) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5027.8%
- 50–10029.9%
- 100–20018.8%
- 200–40012.0%
- 400+11.5%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on Friday and Saturday nights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 5.1% in a year; across Alaska it rose 4.5%
Change in expected crimes, with Alaska as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Fairbanks against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
117 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Fairbanks; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Fairbanks has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, College (8 mi), is 65% below Fairbanks's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Fairbanks
What are the most common crimes in Fairbanks?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 231 a year), aggravated assault (about 192 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 98 a year). Compared with the U.S., aggravated assault stands out most: 2.6 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Fairbanks's figures add up its 21 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Fairbanks's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 81.8% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 31,446. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Fairbanks, Alaska." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ak/fairbanks
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- College8 mi55
- Chena Ridge9 mi30
- Badger11 mi45
- Farmers Loop11 mi387
- Tanaina222 mi36
- North Lakes222 mi39
- Palmer222 mi66
- South Lakes224 mi58