How has crime changed in Alaska since 1985?

Police in Alaska reported about 736 violent crimes per 100,000 people in 2025 (U.S.: 329), down from a high of 890 in 2018, and 1,927 property crimes in 2025 (U.S.: 1,552), down from a high of 5,630 in 1986. There's no figure for 2021, when police departments covering fewer than 3 in 4 of its people reported a full year. Rates count only the agencies that reported. Choose another state to compare.

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Crimes per 100,000 people in Alaska and the U.S., each year
Year Violent, Alaska Violent, U.S. Property, Alaska Property, U.S.
1985 581.9 570.3 5,321.4 4,780.0
1986 551.7 633.6 5,629.9 5,015.3
1987 461.8 624.9 4,975.5 5,090.1
1988 522.0 630.2 4,426.9 5,045.9
1989 500.5 680.5 4,290.4 5,211.5
1990 522.3 749.8 4,614.3 5,227.0
1991 622.9 798.1 5,077.6 5,388.4
1992 668.2 785.4 5,062.3 5,089.3
1993 759.7 764.1 4,810.6 4,814.1
1994 769.5 740.4 4,942.7 4,752.4
1995 822.2 720.6 5,044.0 4,796.6
1996 710.2 658.8 4,592.2 4,553.0
1997 663.6 644.9 4,358.7 4,494.7
1998 608.8 603.8 3,938.5 4,212.6
1999 616.5 545.8 3,696.0 3,872.6
2000 543.8 534.4 3,672.1 3,751.7
2001 568.5 529.5 3,624.8 3,801.5
2002 563.1 512.9 3,740.8 3,737.7
2003 596.9 493.7 3,790.3 3,704.0
2004 635.3 478.6 3,391.9 3,599.4
2005 634.3 483.0 3,630.3 3,518.3
2006 690.6 486.9 3,608.7 3,397.1
2007 662.4 477.9 3,412.7 3,316.1
2008 653.0 463.7 2,947.2 3,252.3
2009 633.6 436.8 2,962.7 3,076.7
2010 639.2 408.1 2,873.5 2,963.4
2011 611.5 390.1 2,670.9 2,925.7
2012 603.4 390.7 2,763.7 2,881.3
2013 640.6 378.2 2,906.3 2,759.3
2014 635.7 373.7 2,780.1 2,591.8
2015 730.1 384.6 2,842.3 2,495.2
2016 804.4 399.5 3,373.0 2,469.1
2017 858.5 397.5 3,562.2 2,372.4
2018 889.7 384.8 3,328.3 2,206.8
2019 871.5 381.0 2,950.4 2,109.0
2020 838.9 399.3 2,274.8 1,955.3
2021 – 360.9 – 1,762.2
2022 780.4 398.2 1,849.5 1,998.5
2023 740.2 385.6 1,918.7 1,950.5
2024 731.9 363.4 1,746.9 1,766.8
2025 736.1 329.3 1,926.7 1,552.1

Crimes per 100,000 people, as police reported them to the FBI.

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