Westgate Hts, Albuquerque, NM Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Westgate Hts is a neighborhood of 33,200 residents in Albuquerque, about 5 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Westgate Hts?
Violent crime is high in Westgate Hts: an F, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 97% of Americans live. Assaults make up 92% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Albuquerque as a whole grades D- for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
3% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Westgate Hts as a whole, and 97% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Westgate Hts 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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Westgate Hts, Albuquerque, NM at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Westgate Hts 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 about violent crime in Westgate Hts
Aggravated assaults run high. Westgate Hts has aggravated assaults at more than double the US rate: 6.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 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.
How Westgate Hts compares within Albuquerque
Every part of Westgate Hts grades D or F for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Westgate Hts run from D- to F.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Westgate Hts has less violent crime than 9 of the 42 neighborhoods in Albuquerque. It covers much of the Westgate Hts area.
Is violent crime going up in Albuquerque?
Reported violent crime in Albuquerque as a whole has fallen 13% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 14 to 12 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 10%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
AlbuquerqueUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Albuquerque. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Albuquerque
Violent, US
2016
-18%
+4%
2017
+1%
+4%
2018
+1%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-1%
+4%
2021
+6%
+6%
2022
+2%
+5%
2023
-3%
+2%
2024
-13%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Westgate Hts
CrimeGrade™ estimates Westgate Hts has about 19 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 43% more than the US as a whole and 28% less than Albuquerque as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Westgate Hts, about 92% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Albuquerque
The Albuquerque Police Department polices Westgate Hts; these figures cover Albuquerque as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Albuquerque as a whole, 56% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
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.
Violent crime in Westgate Hts and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Westgate Hts, 6 have less violent crime. Tierra Oeste and Parkway have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Westgate Hts. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Westgate Hts has more violent crime than 91% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Westgate Hts apart: it has 5 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and tree cover over 1% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places with few jobs tend to report less robbery, yet robbery runs higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.5 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.1% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 96% 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 assault. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Westgate Hts: D+ (20 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 67% 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 violent crime costs Westgate Hts
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Westgate Hts about $140 million a year, or $4,221 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $24 million, or $736 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Westgate Hts 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.
