Questa, NM Property Crime Rates and Non-Violent Crime Maps

Property Crime per Capita in Questa

Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 Questa residents.

 

Questa, NM Map of Property Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

F
Property Crime Grade
F
Other Crime Grade
F

$790,286

Cost of Crime™ for Questa, NM

In 2025, property crime will cost $736 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Questa with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The F grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Questa against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Questa sits in the 3rd percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 3% of cities and behind 97%. The grade covers only Questa's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The property crime rate in Questa is 42.66 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the west part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 20 in the northeast neighborhoods to 1 in 32 in the west.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Questa, NM report the most property crime, about 30 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Questa, NM

Property crime in Questa is projected to cost $790,286 in 2025, about $331 per resident and $736 per household. That equals 1.1% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 62.9%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 30.6%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 6.5%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Questa Compared to Other Cities?

Questa, NM: $331
Taos, NM: $375
North Hobbs, NM: $72
New Mexico: $216
USA: $136

Property crime costs $331 per resident each year in Questa, which is $195 more than the national average and $116 more than New Mexico's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Questa:
  • In Taos, NM, crime costs $375 per person, which is $44 more than in Questa.
  • In North Hobbs, NM, crime costs $72 per person, which is $260 less than in Questa

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Questa, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Questa
Cost per Questa Resident
Vehicle Theft
$244,821
$103
Burglary
$209,711
$88
Theft
$322,462
$135
Arson
$13,292
$6
Total Cost of Property Crime
$790,286
$331

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Questa, NM. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the north part of the city has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Questa Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Questa residents in a standard year.

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
26.11
Vehicle Theft
6.629
Burglary
9.695
Arson
0.2308
Total Property Crime
42.66 (F)

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in Questa is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Questa.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Questa is higher versus other cities of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
C
B-
B-
A-
A
A
C-
B
B
A+
A
A
B
B
B
A-
A-
A-
A-
B+
B+
A
A+
A+
D+
C
C
D+
C
C

Considering only the property crime rate, Questa is less safe than the New Mexico state average and less safe than the national average.

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