Alaska Department of Public Safety Releases Annual Crime in Alaska Report
August 26, 2026 (Anchorage, AK) – The Department of Public Safety has released the 2025 Crime in Alaska Report, its annual publication detailing crimes reported in Alaska. In 2025, the total number of offenses reported increased 7.2% from 2024; however since 2018, crime has decreased overall by 36.9%. Except for Murder and Rape offenses, all other Part I crimes (Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Larceny, Motor Vehicle Theft, and Arson) had more offenses reported in 2025 than in 2024. This increase was driven by increases 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 decreased by 5.9% (-6.8% for property crime and -5.0% for violent crime).
“Public safety has been job number one for my administration since I took office, and we have made historic investments in law enforcement across the state that has resulted in significant improvements for the safety of Alaskans,” said Governor Mike Dunleavy. “While most of the state is much safer today than it was a few years ago, this data demonstrates that Anchorage policy makers must continue to make public safety a higher priority.”
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is a nationwide effort by federal, state, city, county, and tribal law enforcement agencies to report data on crimes reported in their jurisdiction. The report is a resource for measuring the trend and distribution of crime in Alaska. Under Alaska law, law enforcement agencies in Alaska are required to submit UCR data to the State of Alaska. In 2025, 32 agencies reported crime data to DPS. These agencies represent 99.6% of the state’s population. All agencies except the Anchorage Police Department submitted their UCR data using the FBI’s National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) format which provides substantially more detail about UCR covered crimes.
“While 2025 crime data shows a lot of positive momentum, especially for the Alaska State Troopers, we must not become complacent as a state. Your Alaska State Troopers will continue to work to improve public safety across the state in both urban and rural Alaska,” said Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell. “Alaska’s commonsense approach to public safety and the overwhelming support of Governor Dunleavy, the Alaska Legislature, and the citizens of our state continue to drive State Trooper’s crime rates down and make our state a safer place to live, visit, work, and raise a family.”
Caution should be exercised when comparing data from year to year and making conclusions, as the report does not account for when an incident occurred; it accounts for when it was reported. For example, burglary or theft occurring in November of one year may not have been discovered and reported until February of the next year. The incident is not retroactively applied to a previous year’s data; it is counted in the year it was reported. Rape offenses are counted by victim, and each separation of time and place a rape occurs will also be counted. Sexual assaults spanning years will result in numerous counts of rape offenses being reported for a single victim.
The 2025 Crime in Alaska report was authored by the Alaska Department of Public Safety’s Division of Statewide Services. The Division of Statewide Services provides technical and specialized services to the Department of Public Safety and law enforcement agencies across the state. Past Crime in Alaska Reports and Felony-Level Sex Offenses reports can be found online here.
The UCR and Crime in Alaska reports are based on the Federal Bureau of Investigation UCR Program definitions of crimes to ensure consistency and uniformity in reported offenses nationally. The definitions do not always echo state definitions; therefore, federal publications cannot accurately be compared to reports that use the state definitions for crimes as these are unique to each state. Additionally, the population counts for Crime in Alaska come from the US Census.
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