Alamosa is a neighborhood of 4,350 residents in Albuquerque, about 3 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Alamosa in Albuquerque safe?
Crime in Alamosa is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 97% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Alamosa. Violent and property crime both grade F here. Albuquerque as a whole grades D. Every neighborhood in Alamosa grades F.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
3% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Alamosa as a whole, and 97% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Alamosa scores 0.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Alamosa, Albuquerque, NM at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Alamosa in Albuquerque, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Alamosa
Burglaries and aggravated assaults both run high. In Alamosa, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 8.9 burglaries and 10.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 2.6 nationally.
Robberies happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Albuquerque as a whole, 64% of reported robberies happen at stores and businesses, against 33% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Alamosa
CrimeGrade™ estimates Alamosa has about 93 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and close to Albuquerque as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Alamosa, about 29% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Albuquerque
The Albuquerque Police Department polices Alamosa; these figures cover Albuquerque as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Albuquerque as a whole, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 51% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Alamosa compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Alamosa, 9 have less crime. Tierra Oeste and Parkway have the least.
Two things set Alamosa apart: it has 11 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and tree cover over 2% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places with few jobs tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.11 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.2% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault.C (33 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 52% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Alamosa
Crime costs Alamosa about $4,511 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, more than triple the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $28 million a year, or $6,331 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Alamosa means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Alamosa, Albuquerque, NM average a SchoolGrade of F: 19% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Alamosa on SchoolGrade
