The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Alamosa County, CO
Alamosa County is home to 16,600 residents and includes Alamosa and Hooper · Updated November 2026
Is Alamosa County, CO safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Alamosa County is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Alamosa County sits near the middle: 55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Alamosa County run from A+ to D-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 861 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Alamosa County as a whole, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Alamosa County scores 861.
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 County, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Alamosa County, 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 County
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Alamosa County runs 75% above the US rate, but car thefts run 24% below it: 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Reported rapes run high for an A-graded county. Alamosa County has 1.5 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US county, the figure is 0.30.
The safest and least safe parts of Alamosa County
Most of Alamosa County grades well: 64% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 6% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Alamosa County run from A+ to D-; 32% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
64%30%
A or B 64%C 30%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the east side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Alamosa County?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Alamosa County is up 53%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.4 to 6.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 38 to 36 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 18% and property crime fell 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Alamosa CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Alamosa County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Alamosa County
Violent, US
Property, Alamosa County
Property, US
2016
-29%
+4%
+28%
+15%
2017
-31%
+4%
+28%
+12%
2018
-17%
+0%
+3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+22%
+4%
-3%
-8%
2021
+25%
+6%
-3%
-10%
2022
+35%
+5%
+21%
-6%
2023
+30%
+2%
+16%
-7%
2024
+53%
-4%
-5%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Alamosa County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Alamosa County has about 65 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 75% more than the US as a whole and 37% more than Colorado.
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 makes up about 45% of crime reported in Alamosa County. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Alamosa County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Alamosa County, 2022 to 2024.
In Alamosa County, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 39% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft.
How Alamosa County compares with nearby counties
Alamosa County has the most crime of its 9 nearest counties.
Two things set Alamosa County apart: it has 15.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 93% of Americans
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. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 64% of Americans
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.63% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 76% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Alamosa County: F (1 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 69% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.42 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 54% of Americans
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 County
Crime costs Alamosa County about $2,141 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 78% more than 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 $51 million a year, or $3,082 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.3 million
$197
Rape
$1.5 million
$93
Robbery
$130,000
$8
Assault
$3.9 million
$235
Burglary
$580,000
$35
Theft
$2.5 million
$151
Vehicle theft
$520,000
$31
Arson
$120,000
$7
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$66
Total
$14 million
$823
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 County 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 County, CO average a SchoolGrade of C+: 37% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Alamosa County on SchoolGrade
