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FBI quarterly crime data · 12 months ending March 2026

Alaska Crime Trends

Violent crime in Alaska is down 1.6% and property crime is up 6.4% in the 12 months ending March 2026 compared with the year before — summed from preliminary reports by 33 agencies covering 734,657 people.

Violent crime
5,098
-1.6% vs year earlier
Property crime
13,229
+6.4% vs year earlier
Murder
44
-10.2% vs year earlier
Motor vehicle theft
1,871
+3.0% vs year earlier

Alaska crime by offense

Offenses reported by Alaska agencies in the 12 months ending March 2025 and the 12 months ending March 2026. Percent changes are derived from our summed common-month counts, not FBI-published.

OffenseTo March 2025To March 2026Change
Violent crime5,1815,098-1.6%
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter4944-10.2%
Rape889839-5.6%
Robbery598563-5.9%
Aggravated assault3,6453,652+0.2%
Property crime12,43313,229+6.4%
Burglary1,7261,761+2.0%
Larceny-theft8,8919,597+7.9%
Motor vehicle theft1,8161,871+3.0%
Arson*140148+5.7%

*Arson is reported separately and not included in the property crime index.

Alaska, month by month

Each month of the 12 months ending March 2026 against the same calendar month a year earlier — sums of Alaska agency reports, with percent changes derived from those sums. Months are never chained into one continuous series, because the set of reporting agencies differs month to month.

Violent crime

MonthYear earlierLatestChange
April 2025400449
+12.2%
May 2025500471
-5.8%
June 2025527451
-14.4%
July 2025485606
+24.9%
August 2025597501
-16.1%
September 2025491468
-4.7%
October 2025423439
+3.8%
November 2025396412
+4.0%
December 2025418388
-7.2%
January 2026381387
+1.6%
February 2026386383
-0.8%
March 2026177143
-19.2%

Property crime

MonthYear earlierLatestChange
April 20259621,062
+10.4%
May 20251,0501,152
+9.7%
June 20251,1481,279
+11.4%
July 20251,3701,387
+1.2%
August 20251,2741,417
+11.2%
September 20251,2541,356
+8.1%
October 20251,1641,276
+9.6%
November 20259441,061
+12.4%
December 2025949972
+2.4%
January 20261,0701,046
-2.2%
February 2026910987
+8.5%
March 2026338234
-30.8%

Largest Alaska agencies by reported offenses

Counts for the 12 months ending March 2026; each agency's comparison covers the months it reported in both windows.

AgencyPopulationMonthsViolentProperty
Anchorage287,385112,7018,916
Alaska State Troopers274,619121,5281,443
Fairbanks31,56512261853
Juneau31,21112154582
Wasilla10,6431238446
North Slope Borough10,5101293102
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport1232107
Ketchikan8,000122588
Palmer6,810121297
Kenai7,854122579
Bethel6,33695740
North Pole2,575121364
Homer6,29212966
University of Alaska: · Anchorage12467
Kodiak5,361121936
Nome3,66393520
Sitka8,281111535
Soldotna4,60512438
University of Alaska: · Fairbanks12433
Petersburg3,42012828
Kotzebue2,83912287
Seward2,92110423
Valdez3,86312412
Skagway1,08412113
Cordova2,17312210

†Reported fewer than 12 common months; totals cover those months, identically in both windows.

About this data

  • These are preliminary quarterly submissions, not the FBI's annual crime publication. Nothing is estimated for agencies that did not report, so totals here run lower than the FBI's annual estimated national figures and are not comparable to them.
  • Every comparison is over “common months.” Each agency's two 12-month windows are restricted to the calendar months it reported in both years — 12,072 of the 15,767 agencies reported all 12. A partial reporter's “12-month” figure covers fewer months, but identically in both windows, which keeps its percent change honest.
  • Blank and zero mean different things. A zero is a month an agency reported with no offenses; a blank month was not reported (or not common to both windows) and contributes nothing to any total. Missing is never counted as zero.
  • National figures are FBI-published verbatim; state figures are our sums. The U.S. row comes straight from the FBI's national line, including its published percent changes. State totals are derived by summing agency common-month counts, so state percent changes are computed, not published.
  • Agencies are assigned to states by ORI prefix — the agency's headquarters state. A multi-jurisdiction agency's offenses all land in its HQ state.
  • No per-capita rates. Reporting coverage varies by state and agency, so covered populations do not line up with counts; comparing raw counts across states reflects coverage as much as crime.
  • Arson is reported separately and excluded from the property crime index. It is also measured differently from our annual Arson dataset — the two use different collection windows — so do not compare figures across them.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, quarterly “Crime in the United States by Volume and Percent Change” table, 12 months ending March 2026. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.

Alaska crime trends — FAQ

Is crime up or down in Alaska?+

Across the 33 Alaska agencies reporting comparable months in both windows, violent crime is down 1.6% and property crime is up 6.4% in the 12 months ending March 2026 compared with the year before. These are our sums of preliminary agency reports, not FBI-published state totals.

How many murders were reported in Alaska?+

Alaska agencies reported 44 murders and nonnegligent manslaughters in the 12 months ending March 2026, down 10.2% from 49 a year earlier — counting only months reported in both windows.

Which agency reports the most crime in Alaska?+

Anchorage reported the most offenses in the 12 months ending March 2026: 2,701 violent and 8,916 property crimes. Reported volume tracks agency size and coverage, not just crime.

Where does this data come from?+

The FBI Crime Data Explorer's quarterly "Crime in the United States by Volume and Percent Change" table — preliminary offense counts, not the FBI's annual estimates. State totals are derived by summing agency common-month reports; agencies are assigned to Alaska by ORI prefix (headquarters state). pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.

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