Burglary per Capita in Los Alamos
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 Los Alamos residents.
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 Los Alamos residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of burglary in Los Alamos is about 1 in 264.
Burglary costs the average Los Alamos resident about $34 per year.
Crime Grade's burglary map shows the safest places in Los Alamos in green. The most dangerous areas in Los Alamos are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The D grade means the rate of burglary is higher than the average US city. Los Alamos is in the 19th percentile for safety, meaning 81% of cities are safer and 19% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Los Alamos's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of burglary in Los Alamos is 3.782 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Los Alamos generally consider the northeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of burglary in Los Alamos may be as high as 1 in 175 in the southeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 334 in the northeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more burglary occurs in the south parts of Los Alamos, NM: about 11 per year. The southwest part of Los Alamos has fewer cases of burglary with only 1 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the burglary rate in Los Alamos to the New Mexico state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Los Alamos, NM: | 3.782 |
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| New Mexico: | 5.306 |
| USA: | 2.509 |
Considering only the burglary rate, Los Alamos is safer than the New Mexico state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Burglary is projected to cost the residents of Los Alamos about $495,634 in 2025, or roughly $34 per resident. This is part of Los Alamos's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Los Alamos, including every crime type and how Los Alamos compares to other cities.
Remember that burglary rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Los Alamos's crime maps on the Los Alamos overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
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F | D- | D- | F | |
C- | D | C- | D- | |
F | F | F | F | |
F | F | F | F | |
F | F | F | F | |
F | F | F | F | |
F | D- | F | F | |
F | F | F | F | |
F | F | D- | F | |
F | D- | F | F |
Los Alamos is higher versus other cities of the same size for burglary. The table below compares burglary in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
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B- | A | A | A- | |
C- | D+ | D+ | D- | |
A- | A- | A- | A+ | |
D- | D | D | C | |
C- | B- | B- | B- | |
B- | C- | C- | C+ | |
B | B- | B- | B | |
A- | A- | A- | B+ | |
B+ | C+ | C+ | B | |
D- | D | D | F |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Los Alamos, NM average SchoolGrade of A, with 60% actual proficiency versus 41% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Los Alamos schools on SchoolGrade
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