The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Eagle River, AK
Eagle River is a municipality of 26,500 in Anchorage Municipality, about 14 miles northeast of downtown Anchorage · Updated November 2026
Is Eagle River, AK safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Eagle River has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Eagle River run from A to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 708 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Eagle River as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Eagle River scores 708.
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 Eagle River, AK at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Eagle River, 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 Eagle River
Vandalism runs low. Eagle River has 1.3 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 5.5.
The safest and least safe parts of Eagle River
Most of Eagle River grades well: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Eagle River run from A to C+; 13% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
86%14%
A or B 86%C 14%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Eagle River, the southeast side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Eagle River?
Reported crime in Eagle River has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 19% and property crime down 35%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 12 to 10 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 42 to 27 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Eagle RiverUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Eagle River. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Eagle River
Violent, US
Property, Eagle River
Property, US
2016
-7%
+4%
+16%
+15%
2017
+3%
+4%
+28%
+12%
2018
+6%
+0%
+16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
+4%
-20%
-8%
2021
-1%
+6%
-28%
-10%
2022
-8%
+5%
-35%
-6%
2023
-15%
+2%
-32%
-7%
2024
-19%
-4%
-35%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Eagle River
CrimeGrade™ estimates Eagle River has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% less than the US as a whole and 21% less than Alaska.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Eagle River is assault, about 52% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
How Eagle River compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Eagle River, 7 have less crime. Big Lake and Knik have the least.
Parking lots, shops and walkability in Eagle River
Two things set Eagle River apart: it has 0.5 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 6.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 91% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 86% of US city residents
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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 62% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 74% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 67% of US city residents
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.86% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 66% of US city residents
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 Eagle River
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Eagle River about $1,289 a year per household, 7% 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 $44 million a year, or $1,670 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.7 million
$65
Rape
$1.3 million
$48
Robbery
$450,000
$17
Assault
$5.8 million
$220
Burglary
$320,000
$12
Theft
$1.3 million
$50
Vehicle theft
$570,000
$21
Arson
$98,000
$4
Vandalism
$240,000
$9
Total
$12 million
$446
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 Eagle River 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. Eagle River is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Eagle River, AK average a SchoolGrade of A: 46% of students test proficient, against 47% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Eagle River on SchoolGrade
