Crime in Palmer, Alaska
Major crime in Palmer is 34% below the U.S. rate per resident: 19% lower for persons crimes and 38% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 6.5% 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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Every crime type in Palmer is near or below the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Palmer 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
Neighborhoods in Palmer
Palmer is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 64; the middle half of residents live where it is between 45 and 64.
- 0–5033.6%
- 50–10066.4%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weeknights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 6.5% 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.
Palmer against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents
1,030 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Palmer; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Palmer has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, South Lakes (6 mi), is 12% below Palmer's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Palmer
What are the most common crimes in Palmer?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 34 a year), aggravated assault (about 15 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 8 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: about 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. Palmer's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Palmer has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 41.9% 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: 7,159. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Palmer, Alaska." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ak/palmer
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- South Lakes6 mi58
- North Lakes7 mi39
- Wasilla11 mi209
- Tanaina11 mi36
- Knik-Fairview15 mi32
- Meadow Lakes16 mi66
- Big Lake25 mi91
- Anchorage35 mi277