Alaska’s Department of Public Safety just released the 2025 Crime in Alaska Report, showing that the total number of offenses reported increased 7.2% from 2024 to 2025.

This jump was driven by a surge in violent crime and property crime within the Municipality of Anchorage. The number of reported offenses for the Anchorage Police Department increased by 14.6% (19.4% property crime and 1.2% violent crime), while the number of reported offenses for the Alaska State Troopers actually decreased by 5.9% (-6.8% for property crime and -5.0% for violent crime.

In releasing the report, Gov. Mike Dunleavy urged Anchorage authorities to address their public safety issues.

“While most of the state is much safer today than it was a few years ago, this data demonstrates that Anchorage policymakers must continue to make public safety a higher priority,” he stated on Aug. 26.

Statewide property crime rose by 1,283 offenses, with Anchorage property crime increasing by 1,567. Outside Anchorage, property crime fell by about 284 offenses.

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is a nationwide effort by federal, state and local agencies to report data on crimes in their jurisdiction.

Law enforcement agencies in Alaska are required to submit UCR data to the State of Alaska. In 2025, 32 agencies reported crime data, representing 99.6% of the state’s population. All agencies except the Anchorage Police Department submitted their data using the FBI’s National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) format, which provides substantially more detail about UCR covered crimes.

Anchorage Police Department’s data shows 24 murders, 418 rapes, 517 robberies, 1,992 aggravated assaults, 1,062 burglaries, 6,990 larcenies, and 1,452 motor vehicle thefts in 2025. A year earlier, APD recorded 28 murders, 462 rapes, 479 robberies, 1,948 aggravated assaults, 910 burglaries, 5,813 larcenies, and 1,214 vehicle thefts.

The city-level increase is large enough to negatively impact the entire state report.

For example, statewide property crime rose by 1,283 offenses, with Anchorage property crime increasing by 1,567. Outside Anchorage, property crime fell by about 284 offenses. Statewide motor vehicle theft rose by 242, while Anchorage alone rose by 238. Statewide larceny rose by 949, but Anchorage larceny rose by 1,177. Statewide violent crime rose by 29 with Anchorage’s violent crime increasing by 34.

In general, most of Alaska was flat to down on reported crimes. Anchorage, however, includes roughly two-fifths of Alaska’s population, and in 2025 it accounted for about 70% of larcenies, 71% of vehicle thefts, 57% of burglaries and 83% of robberies. APD’s property losses put stolen property in the municipality at more than $25.5 million, including $13.9 million in stolen vehicles and $8.8 million in larceny. Shoplifting (2,522 incidents) and thefts from motor vehicles (1,778) dominate the larceny crimes.

Murder is the main exception to the Anchorage report. City homicides dropped slightly, from 28 to 24, and the statewide decline was larger than Anchorage’s drop, so killings fell in other jurisdictions as well. Rape also fell in Anchorage, and by more than the statewide decline, which means rape counts rose outside the city even as Anchorage’s number improved.

On average, Alaska recorded a violent crime about every hour, a property crime every 37 minutes, a larceny every 52 minutes, an aggravated assault every two hours, a burglary or a vehicle theft every four hours, a robbery every 14 hours, a rape every nine hours, a murder every eight days, and an arson every two days.

Violent crime ticked up only 0.5%, from 5,365 offenses in 2024 to 5,394 in 2025, but both murder and rape decreased, while robbery and aggravated assault rose.

To view the entire report, click here.

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