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Portales Crime Rate Report (New Mexico)

Portales crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 17 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Portales for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2024.

The city violent crime rate for Portales in 2024 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 115.37% and the city property crime rate in Portales was higher than the national property crime rate average by 63.03%.

In 2024 the city violent crime rate in Portales was higher than the violent crime rate in New Mexico by 8.98% and the city property crime rate in Portales was higher than the property crime rate in New Mexico but only by 4.37%.

Property and Violent Crime
Portales Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Portales Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Portales Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2024 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault80
Arson11
Burglary176
Larceny and Theft126
Motor Vehicle Theft36
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape6
Robbery5
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)375
Property Crime338
Violent Crime92
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault67
Arson6
Burglary164
Larceny and Theft93
Motor Vehicle Theft36
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape7
Robbery5
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)330
Property Crime293
Violent Crime81

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Portales Property Crime

Portales Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Portales Crime 2024

Portales Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Portales Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Portales Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Portales, New Mexico crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Portales crime report data for 2026 was projected from 17 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2024.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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