Anchorage AK Murder/Homicide Rate 1999-2018
Interactive chart of the Anchorage, Alaska murder rate (i.e. the number of homicides per 100,000 population) from 1999 to 2018.
- The Anchorage AK murder/homicide rate for 2018 was 8.9 per 100,000 population, a 2.41% decline from 2017.
- The Anchorage AK murder/homicide rate for 2017 was 9.12 per 100,000 population, a 2.56% decline from 2016.
- The Anchorage AK murder/homicide rate for 2016 was 9.36 per 100,000 population, a 8.46% increase from 2015.
- The Anchorage AK murder/homicide rate for 2015 was 8.63 per 100,000 population, a 116.83% increase from 2014.
City Name |
Population |
Rate |
Kotzebue |
3,273 |
30.55 |
Kenai |
7,888 |
12.68 |
Fairbanks |
31,635 |
12.64 |
Ketchikan |
8,300 |
12.05 |
North Slope Borough |
9,743 |
10.26 |
Anchorage |
291,992 |
8.90 |
Juneau |
31,922 |
3.13 |
Valdez |
3,845 |
0.00 |
Wrangell |
2,521 |
0.00 |
Bethel |
6,509 |
0.00 |
Bristol Bay Borough |
843 |
0.00 |
Cordova |
2,179 |
0.00 |
Craig |
1,285 |
0.00 |
Dillingham |
2,365 |
0.00 |
Wasilla |
10,522 |
0.00 |
Haines |
2,508 |
0.00 |
Homer |
5,797 |
0.00 |
Sitka |
8,588 |
0.00 |
Unalaska |
4,546 |
0.00 |
Kodiak |
5,995 |
0.00 |
Soldotna |
4,731 |
0.00 |
Nome |
3,874 |
0.00 |
North Pole |
2,096 |
0.00 |
Skagway |
1,177 |
0.00 |
Palmer |
7,403 |
0.00 |
Petersburg |
3,262 |
0.00 |
Seward |
2,850 |
0.00 |
Historical Murder/Homicide Rate per 100,000 Population
|
Year |
Anchorage |
AK |
US |
2018 |
8.90 |
6.37 |
4.96 |
2017 |
9.12 |
8.38 |
5.32 |
2016 |
9.36 |
7.01 |
5.38 |
2015 |
8.63 |
8.00 |
4.95 |
2014 |
3.98 |
5.56 |
4.44 |
2013 |
4.68 |
4.61 |
4.52 |
2012 |
5.01 |
4.11 |
4.73 |
2011 |
4.04 |
4.14 |
4.71 |
2010 |
4.48 |
4.34 |
4.76 |
2009 |
4.94 |
3.15 |
5.02 |
2008 |
3.57 |
3.93 |
5.42 |
2007 |
7.74 |
6.29 |
5.68 |
2006 |
6.12 |
5.37 |
5.78 |
2005 |
5.79 |
4.82 |
5.65 |
2004 |
5.48 |
5.63 |
5.50 |
2003 |
6.27 |
6.02 |
5.68 |
2002 |
6.73 |
5.14 |
5.64 |
2001 |
3.79 |
6.16 |
5.62 |
2000 |
3.83 |
4.31 |
5.54 |
1999 |
7.37 |
8.39 |
5.69 |