CrimeMetric

Crime in Wasilla, Alaska

Major crime in Wasilla is 2.1 times the U.S. rate per resident: 32% higher for persons crimes and 2.3 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.8% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
209
2.1 times the U.S. rate
30% above the Alaska rate
down 7.8% in a year
Persons crimes
132
32% above the U.S. rate
44% below the Alaska rate
down 5.1% in a year
Property crimes
226
2.3 times the U.S. rate
1.6 times the Alaska rate
down 8.2% in a year
Social disorder
169
1.7 times the U.S. rate
7% below the Alaska rate
down 6.4% in a year

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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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 5.9 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Wasilla for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Wasilla

The middle half of Wasilla residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 94 and 284; the typical (median) resident's is 172. The citywide figure (209) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Wasilla, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10042.0%
  • 100–20015.9%
  • 200–40021.9%
  • 400+20.2%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm238
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am170
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm209
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am214
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.8% in a year; across Alaska it rose 4.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.8%AK +4.5%-4.1%AK -11.9%
Persons crimes-5.1%AK 0.0%+9.5%AK -0.8%
Property crimes-8.2%AK +6.2%-5.9%AK -15.9%
Social disorder-6.4%AK +3.3%+4.2%AK -5.8%

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.

Similar-size places

Wasilla against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

103 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Wasilla; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Garrison, MD10,434261
Wasilla, AK10,423209
Robstown, TX10,431104
Memphis, FL10,43363
Lyons, IL10,42640
Airmont, NY10,40939
Chatham, NJ10,41328

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Wasilla 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, Tanaina (4 mi), is 83% below Wasilla's rate.

Anchorage29 mi277
Wasilla209
Big Lake14 mi91
Palmer11 mi66
Tanaina4 mi36

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Wasilla

What are the most common crimes in Wasilla?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 194 a year), other larceny (about 52 a year) and burglary (about 37 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 5.9 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. Wasilla's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Wasilla's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 21.0% 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: 10,423. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Wasilla, Alaska." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ak/wasilla

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100