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Table 10

NEW MEXICO

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2019

[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		 Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson2
Metropolitan Counties Sandoval 144 0 1 1 142 102 43 59 0
Santa Fe 103 0 6 7 90 414 258 156 0
Torrance 65 0 5 1 59 105 57 25 23
Valencia 376 3 17 6 350 907 315 421 171
Nonmetropolitan Counties Catron 1 0 0 0 1 15 9 6 0
Chaves 54 3 9 3 39 223 90 98 35
Cibola 12 0 2 0 10 37 14 16 7
Colfax 3 0 0 0 3 8 5 3 0
De Baca 4 0 1 0 3 15 11 2 2
Grant 24 0 5 0 19 112 52 60 0
Guadalupe 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0
Hidalgo 10 0 0 0 10 17 5 7 5
Lea 60 4 4 5 47 342 112 160 70
Lincoln 43 2 1 2 38 118 52 55 11
Luna 63 0 1 1 61 222 97 98 27
McKinley 183 1 0 7 175 222 89 86 47
Otero 149 0 13 2 134 272 108 138 26
Quay 1 0 0 0 1 13 6 7 0
San Miguel 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Sierra 43 1 7 0 35 71 26 41 4
Socorro 15 0 0 1 14 61 13 42 6
Taos 28 2 2 2 22 93 43 30 20
Union 2 0 0 0 2 15 3 10 2
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 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.

Data Declaration

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