CurrentCrimeMap

Data through March 2026, Anchorage Police Department

Crime in Anchorage, AK

The violent crime rate in Anchorage is 1,015 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to March 2026, 132% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −3% compared with the previous 12 months.

Downtown Anchorage with the snow-capped Chugach Mountains behind it.
Photo: Luke Jones, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Mar 2026

Violent crime

1,015 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,918 reported in the 12 months to Mar 2026

−3% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

3,433 per 100,000 residents, per year

9,867 reported in the 12 months to Mar 2026

+17% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

4,449 per 100,000 residents, per year

12,785 reported in the 12 months to Mar 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 287,385, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Anchorage sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

1,015

Anchorage has the 21st-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 281 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Anchorage; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Wichita, KS1,11716
Lafayette, LA1,10417
Shreveport, LA1,04518
Evansville, IN1,03319
Albuquerque, NM1,01620
Anchorage, AK1,01521
Minneapolis, MN1,01122
Stockton, CA96823
Springfield, MA93224
San Bernardino, CA89625
Kansas City, KS88626

The places closest to Anchorage in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Anchorage crime map

cities around it

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Anchorage Police Department, not where each crime happened, so there is no street-level map of Anchorage on this page.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Mar 2026
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 500 reported174no year-ago month
  • HomicideViolent, 25 reported8.7−4% vs. a year ago
  • Theft, including from vehiclesAll theft without force or entry; this agency does not report thefts from vehicles separatelyProperty, 7,224 reported2,514no year-ago month
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 1,451 reported505no year-ago month
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 1,095 reported381no year-ago month
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent500174——
HomicideViolent258.7—−4%
Theft, including from vehiclesProperty7,2242,514——
Vehicle theftProperty1,451505——
BurglaryProperty1,095381——
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports Anchorage Police Department sends the FBI. Anchorage Police Department does not report thefts from vehicles (NIBRS codes 23F and 23G) separately to the FBI, so they are counted with the rest of theft. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (19th highest rate of 155), robbery (14th highest rate of 152) and burglary (30th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Apr 2025 to Mar 2026

Violent crime −3%

0100200300400AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar217232
Violent crimes per month in Anchorage, AK, Apr 2025 to Mar 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Apr 2025247Apr 2024244
May 2025268May 2024243
Jun 2025230Jun 2024298
Jul 2025319Jul 2024259
Aug 2025268Aug 2024347
Sep 2025249Sep 2024255
Oct 2025259Oct 2024224
Nov 2025217Nov 2024217
Dec 2025206Dec 2024228
Jan 2026195Jan 2025231
Feb 2026243Feb 2025225
Mar 2026217Mar 2025232

Homicides −4%

0246AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar20
Homicides per month in Anchorage, AK, Apr 2025 to Mar 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Apr 20254Apr 20243
May 20251May 20245
Jun 20251Jun 20242
Jul 20252Jul 20241
Aug 20251Aug 20244
Sep 20255Sep 20241
Oct 20255Oct 20244
Nov 20252Nov 20242
Dec 20250Dec 20241
Jan 20261Jan 20250
Feb 20261Feb 20253
Mar 20262Mar 20250

4 in 2026 through March, 3 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Apr 2023
Reported crime per month in Anchorage, AK
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Mar 20262178712
Feb 20262437041
Jan 20261957341
Dec 20252066600
Nov 20252177492
Oct 20252598795
Sep 20252499605
Aug 20252689881
Jul 20253199412
Jun 20252308521
May 20252688111
Apr 20252477184
Mar 20252326850
Feb 20252256073
Jan 20252317330
Dec 20242285951
Nov 20242176402
Oct 20242247864
Sep 20242558431
Aug 20243478054
Jul 20242598401
Jun 20242986702
May 20242436385
Apr 20242445753
Mar 20242115392
Feb 20242024983
Jan 20241895950
Dec 20231824930
Nov 20231745072
Oct 20232006971
Sep 20232878250
Aug 20233087813
Jul 20232808283
Jun 20232687531
May 20233056934
Apr 20232826690

How Anchorage compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
21Anchorage, AK1,0153,433287,385Mar 2026
51Buffalo, NY7153,379276,384May 2026
90Reno, NV5361,957286,060Apr 2026
96Lubbock, TX5201,994275,713Jul 2026
155Chula Vista, CA3511,000279,237Sep 2026
188Fort Wayne, IN2761,808275,451Jan 2026
229Madison, WI2121,854287,992Mar 2026
255Plano, TX1431,080295,030Aug 2026
273Gilbert, AZ115812293,851Aug 2026
278Chandler, AZ1111,116282,191Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Anchorage in population, Anchorage included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
21Anchorage, AK1,0153,433287,385Mar 2026

Anchorage is the only place in Alaska on this site so far.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
21Anchorage, AK1,0153,433287,385Mar 2026
36Tacoma, WA8133,545230,369Aug 2026
56Seattle, WA6904,368791,503Jul 2026
57Portland, OR6885,062631,483Aug 2026
91Vancouver, WA5332,669200,968May 2026
140Salem, OR3781,800181,534Aug 2026
163Gresham, OR3392,272110,776Jul 2026
192Kent, WA2641,797136,591May 2026
213Everett, WA2322,005113,547Jul 2026
287Bellevue, WA891,850155,043Jul 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Anchorage by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Anchorage side by side with Madison, Reno or Chandler, or with any other place.

Alaska as a whole

The state has 676 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Anchorage’s rate is 50% above the state’s. Crime in Alaska

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Anchorage safe?

By reported violent crime, Anchorage is well above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 1,015 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to March 2026, −3% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Anchorage?

This site does not have one for Anchorage. The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Anchorage compares with other places instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Anchorage?

1,015 violent and 3,433 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 12,785 incidents reported to Anchorage Police Department over the 12 months to March 2026. Violent crime includes 500 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 1,095 burglaries and 7,224 thefts, including thefts from vehicles, which Anchorage Police Department does not report separately.

Is crime in Anchorage going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −3% and property crime +17% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Anchorage had in 2026?

Anchorage Police Department reported 4 homicides from January to March 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 3 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Mar 2026 the count was 25, or 9 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Anchorage Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset AK0010100). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Anchorage

12 months to March 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100k
RobberyTaking property by force or threat500174
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal1,095381
Vehicle theft1,451505

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

AK0010100
Source
Anchorage Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset AK0010100)
Latest complete month
March 2026
History on this site
April 2023 to March 2026 (39 months)
Update schedule
Anchorage Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)