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Portales, NM crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 34 per one thousand residents, Portales has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 29. Within New Mexico, more than 89% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Portales.

Importantly, when you compare Portales to other communities of similar population, then Portales crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Portales does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Portales does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Portales.

For Portales, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Portales is one in 152.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Portales is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Portales, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 36, which is a rate of 28 per one thousand population.

Portales Crime Data

total Crime Index

8

(100 is safest)


Safer than 8% of U.S. cities.

Portales Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

79

334

413

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

6.60

27.90

34.49

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
6.6
7.8
National Median: 4
    Portales
    New Mexico

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 152

in Portales

1 in 128

in New Mexico

Portales Violent Crimes

Population: 11,973
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 1 10 4 64
Rate per 1,000 0.08 0.84 0.33 5.35

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
27.9
29.84
National Median: 20
    Portales
    New Mexico

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 36

in Portales

1 in 34

in New Mexico

Property Crimes

Population: 11,973
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 144 167 23
Rate per 1,000 12.03 13.95 1.92

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Portales Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
58
22
National Median: 27.0
    Portales
    New Mexico

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