Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is home to 5,200 residents and includes Galena and Fort Yukon · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area?
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area earns an A for violent crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Assaults make up 90% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 895 of 1,000Less violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area as a whole, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area scores 895.
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 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, 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 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Reported rapes and aggravated assaults both run high. In Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 4.4 reported rapes and 18.7 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 and 2.6 nationally.
Violent crime rates and types in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
CrimeGrade™ estimates Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area has about 55 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for Alaska.
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 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, about 90% 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.
Violent crime in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area and nearby counties
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area has less violent crime than 5 of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area has more violent crime than 97% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area apart: it has 0% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 97% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% 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 violent crime costs Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area about $49 million a year, or $9,360 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $8.9 million, or $1,704 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 82% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.4 million
$658
Rape
$1.4 million
$267
Robbery
$110,000
$22
Assault
$3.9 million
$757
Total
$8.9 million
$1,704
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. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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.
