Truth Or Consequences is a city of 6,210 in Sierra County · Updated November 2026
Is Truth Or Consequences, NM safe?
Yes, crime in Truth Or Consequences is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Truth Or Consequences sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 46% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Truth Or Consequences run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 815 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Truth Or Consequences as a whole, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Truth Or Consequences scores 815.
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 Truth Or Consequences, NM at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Truth Or Consequences, 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 Truth Or Consequences
Aggravated assaults run high for an A-graded city. Truth Or Consequences has 6.8 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2.
Burglaries run high. Truth Or Consequences has burglaries at more than double the US rate: 5.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Truth Or Consequences
CrimeGrade™ estimates Truth Or Consequences has about 55 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 48% more than the US as a whole and close to New Mexico.
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 Truth Or Consequences is assault, about 40% 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.
The Truth or Consequences Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of simple assault; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
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 Truth Or Consequences
Truth Or Consequences has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Truth Or Consequences, 73% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (73%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Truth Or Consequences compares with nearby cities
Truth Or Consequences has the most crime of its 1 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Truth Or Consequences. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Truth Or Consequences has more crime than 94% of them.
Empty homes, shops and walkability in Truth Or Consequences
Two things set Truth Or Consequences apart: it has 22.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 18.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.22.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.18.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 95% 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. 84% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 58% 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.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 92% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 85% of US city residents
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 Truth Or Consequences: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 Truth Or Consequences
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Truth Or Consequences about $1,352 a year per household, 12% 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 $14 million a year, or $2,319 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$660,000
$106
Rape
$150,000
$24
Robbery
$37,000
$6
Assault
$1.9 million
$303
Burglary
$300,000
$49
Theft
$440,000
$72
Vehicle theft
$340,000
$55
Arson
$55,000
$9
Vandalism
$390,000
$63
Total
$4.3 million
$687
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 Truth Or Consequences 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 Truth Or Consequences, NM average a SchoolGrade of C-: 28% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Truth Or Consequences on SchoolGrade
