La Mesilla, NM Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	F
Property Crime Grade	F
Other Crime Grade	F

Which crimes are included?

$178,334

Cost of Crime™ for La Mesilla, NM

In 2025, violent crime will cost $1,736 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of La Mesilla with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The F grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in La Mesilla against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. La Mesilla sits in the 4th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 4% of cities and behind 96%. The grade covers only La Mesilla's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in La Mesilla is 9.900 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 90 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 111 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of La Mesilla, NM report the most violent crime, about 2 cases per year. The south part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in La Mesilla, NM

The tangible cost of violent crime in La Mesilla is projected at $178,334 for 2025, about $635 per resident and $1,736 per household. That equals 1.9% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 41.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 44.9%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.4%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in La Mesilla Compared to Other Cities?

La Mesilla, NM:	$635
Socorro, NM:	$802
Paradise Hills, NM:	$186
New Mexico:	$479
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $635 per resident each year in La Mesilla, which is $376 more than the national average and $155 more than New Mexico's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to La Mesilla:

In Socorro, NM, crime costs $802 per person, which is $168 more than in La Mesilla.
In Paradise Hills, NM, crime costs $186 per person, which is $448 less than in La Mesilla

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for La Mesilla, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to La Mesilla	Cost per La Mesilla Resident
Murder	$88,214	$314
Rape/Sexual Assault	$19,100	$68
Robbery	$17,528	$62
Assault	$53,492	$190
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$178,334	$635

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in La Mesilla, NM

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in La Mesilla totals $698,931 ($2,487 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $877,265 ($3,122 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in La Mesilla, NM, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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La Mesilla Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 La Mesilla residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	6.629
Robbery	1.983
Rape	1.121
Murder	0.1670
Total Violent Crime	9.900 (F)

Individual La Mesilla Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in La Mesilla is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to La Mesilla.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM	F	F	F
Santa Clara Pueblo, NM	F	F	F
Pojoaque, NM	F	F	F
Espanola, NM	F	F	F
Santa Cruz, NM	F	D-	F
Lumberton, NM	C-	D	C-
El Rancho, NM	F	D-	D-
La Puebla, NM	F	F	D-
Ohkay Owingeh, NM	F	F	D-
Los Alamos, NM	D-	D+	D-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

La Mesilla is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent 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
Norfield, MS	A+	A+	A+
Nestlow, WV	D+	C	C
Nevada Mills, IN	B+	B	B
New Ashford, MA	B-	D+	D+
New Buena Vista, PA	A+	A	A
New Elizabethtown, IN	B	A-	A-
New Hampshire, OH	A-	A	A
New Harmony, MO	D+	D+	D+
New Hill, WV	C+	B+	B+
New Holland, SD	D+	C-	C-

Considering only the violent crime rate, La Mesilla is less safe than the New Mexico state average and less safe than the national average.

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