Safest Cities in Alaska (2024)

Ranked by violent crime rate per 100,000 residents from 2024 FBI data. Alaska has 27 cities reporting crime data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 724.1 per 100K.

27

Cities Tracked

153.1

Safest City Rate

264.7

Median City Rate

1656.1

Highest Rate

Top 25 Safest Cities in Alaska

#CityPopulationViolent RateMurder RateProperty RateGrade
1Palmer6,533153.145.9949.0C
2Sitka8,306180.60.0650.1C
3Homer6,212209.316.11255.6D+
4Kenai7,851229.30.0866.1D+
5Kodiak5,289264.70.01002.1D
6Ketchikan8,050360.20.02037.3D
7Wasilla10,240449.29.82421.9F
8Juneau31,612537.83.22068.8F
9North Slope Borough10,564596.428.4511.2F
10Fairbanks31,676697.76.33463.2F
11Anchorage286,9581014.89.42765.9F
12Bethel6,2801656.10.02245.2F

Most Dangerous Cities in Alaska

#CityPopulationViolent RateMurder RateGrade
1Bethel6,2801656.10.0F
2Anchorage286,9581014.89.4F
3Fairbanks31,676697.76.3F
4North Slope Borough10,564596.428.4F
5Juneau31,612537.83.2F
6Wasilla10,240449.29.8F
7Ketchikan8,050360.20.0D
8Kodiak5,289264.70.0D
9Kenai7,851229.30.0D+
10Homer6,212209.316.1D+
11Sitka8,306180.60.0C
12Palmer6,533153.145.9C

All 27 Cities in Alaska

Complete list ranked from safest to most dangerous.

Show all 27 cities
#CityPop.Violent RateGrade
1Wrangell2,06248.5B+
2Haines2,03949.0B+
3Soldotna4,65485.9B
4Unalaska4,204118.9C+
5Valdez3,859129.6C+
6Palmer6,533153.1C
7Sitka8,306180.6C
8Skagway1,061188.5C
9Petersburg3,465202.0D+
10Homer6,212209.3D+
11Kenai7,851229.3D+
12Cordova2,171230.3D+
13Seward2,734256.0D+
14Kodiak5,289264.7D
15North Pole2,490281.1D
16Craig1,042287.9D
17Dillingham2,088335.2D
18Ketchikan8,050360.2D
19Wasilla10,240449.2F
20Juneau31,612537.8F
21North Slope Borough10,564596.4F
22Fairbanks31,676697.7F
23Bristol Bay Borough856817.8F
24Nome3,621828.5F
25Anchorage286,9581014.8F
26Kotzebue2,9271469.1F
27Bethel6,2801656.1F

Crime Composition in Alaska

How violent crime breaks down across cities reporting data in Alaska.

Agg. Assault: 67.0%
Robbery: 14.9%
Rape: 17.1%
Murder: 1.0%

State violent crime rate: 724.1/100K vs national average: 359.1/100K (102% above national average)

About This Data

Crime rates are from the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Report, the most recent data available. Rates are per 100,000 residents. Safety grades are based on national percentile ranking — an "A" means the city is safer than 80%+ of all US cities in our database.

Not all cities report to the FBI. Small agencies may have incomplete data. Always consider multiple years of data before drawing conclusions about a city's safety.

National demographic context: Crime and safety vary across racial and ethnic groups. Per-city demographic data is not published by the FBI, but national patterns show significant disparities. Full demographics | Racial disparities