CrimeMetric

Crime in Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Major crime in Santa Rosa is 31% below the U.S. rate per resident: 35% higher for persons crimes and 45% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.3% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
69
31% below the U.S. rate
54% below the New Mexico rate
down 8.3% in a year
Persons crimes
135
35% above the U.S. rate
32% below the New Mexico rate
down 3.6% in a year
Property crimes
55
45% below the U.S. rate
61% below the New Mexico rate
down 10.7% in a year
Social disorder
111
11% above the U.S. rate
27% below the New Mexico rate
down 5.5% 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

Simple assault stands out most, at 1.7 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 58; the middle half of residents live where it is between 33 and 58.

Map of Santa Rosa, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5038.8%
  • 50–10038.2%
  • 100–20023.1%
  • 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.

When it happens

Highest on Friday and Saturday nights

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm68
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am68
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm64
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am79
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.3% in a year; across New Mexico it fell 12.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.3%NM -12.2%-13.0%NM -13.5%
Persons crimes-3.6%NM -2.6%-2.6%NM -2.2%
Property crimes-10.7%NM -14.7%-18.6%NM -17.0%
Social disorder-5.5%NM -7.5%-8.5%NM -8.2%

Change in expected crimes, with New Mexico 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

Santa Rosa against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

701 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Santa Rosa; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Oneida, TN3,39576
Galena, KS3,39971
Santa Rosa, NM3,39669
Delta, OH3,39533

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

Nearby places

Santa Rosa has a higher major-crime index than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Tucumcari (54 mi), is 11% above Santa Rosa's rate.

Santa Fe92 mi163
Las Vegas57 mi135
Pojoaque103 mi114
Edgewood88 mi107
Portales90 mi97
Clovis89 mi92
Tucumcari54 mi77
Santa Rosa69

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

Questions about crime in Santa Rosa

What are the most common crimes in Santa Rosa?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are aggravated assault (about 12 a year), other larceny (about 9 a year) and burglary (about 6 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: 1.7 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. Santa Rosa's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Santa Rosa has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 3,396. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Santa Rosa, New Mexico." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nm/santa-rosa

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100