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Table 10

NEW MEXICO

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2015

[The data shown in this table do not reflect county totals but are the number of offenses reported by the sheriff's office or county police department.]

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape
(revised
definition)1 		Rape
(legacy
definition)2 		Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson3
Metropolitan Counties Bernalillo 756 7 63 117 569 2,502 832 1,312 358 67
Dona Ana 196 3 35 10 148 951 323 521 107
Sandoval 25 0 7 2 16 198 88 92 18 2
San Juan 275 2 39 7 227 675 174 431 70 2
Torrance 38 0 0 1 37 130 68 37 25
Valencia 179 0 8 10 161 538 212 228 98 2
Nonmetropolitan Counties Catron 6 0 0 1 5 6 1 5 0
Chaves 53 2 9 3 39 274 135 107 32 3
Cibola 89 1 3 3 82 77 37 31 9 3
Colfax 11 0 0 0 11 24 11 11 2
Curry 20 1 5 1 13 147 76 48 23
De Baca 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 7 2
Eddy 26 2 0 1 23 347 55 221 71
Guadalupe 6 0 0 0 6 8 4 4 0
Hidalgo4 1 0 0 0 1 7 11
Luna 56 0 1 2 53 180 66 87 27
McKinley 77 1 5 2 69 244 105 121 18
Mora 10 0 0 0 10 25 6 18 1
Otero 163 0 10 1 152 267 104 149 14
Quay 7 0 0 0 7 28 15 10 3 1
Rio Arriba 71 1 3 4 63 205 115 77 13
San Miguel 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 3 2
Sierra 14 0 2 1 11 94 39 52 3
Socorro 14 0 1 0 13 47 21 23 3
Taos 79 1 3 1 74 168 95 61 12
Union 1 0 0 0 1 13 12 1 0
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 3 The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
  • 4 The FBI determined that the agency's data were overreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.