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The West > New Mexico > Crime

NEW MEXICO CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005 8% [9th of 40]
Aggravated assault 9,241 [27th of 51]
Arson deaths 0 [36th of 49]
Burglary 20,909 [32nd of 51]
Capital offenses
First-degree murder with at least 1 of 7 statutorily-defined aggravating circumstances (Section 30-2-1 A, NMSA).
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 0 [36th of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 0 [15th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Latino inmates on death row 1 [20th of 26]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 1 [30th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 1 [33rd of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 9 [37th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 2 [35th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 2 [33rd of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 16.6 [8th of 51]
Forcible rape 1,094 [31st of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 50 [42nd of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 18 [13th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 32 [11th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 169 [28th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 0 [41st of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 8 [25th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 6 [45th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 1 [46th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 5 [39th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 20 [43rd of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 143 [29th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 5.3% [11th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 16.5% [40th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 21.1% [43rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 26.3% [15th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 13.5% [10th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 7.5% [11th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 7.5% [9th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 0% [43rd of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 2.3% [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 1.5% [10th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 7.5% [8th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 2.3% [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 9% [7th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 87.2% [5th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 25 % [28th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 75 % [22nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 52.9 % [36th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 22.8 % [7th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 24.3 % [22nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 23.3% [13th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 63.9% [5th of 49]
Larceny-theft 46,822 [36th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 3 [25th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 1.556 per 1 million people [23rd of 44]
Lynchings > Total 36 [22nd of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 18.668 per 1 million people [19th of 44]
Lynchings > White 33 [17th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 17.113 per 1 million people [8th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 9,225 [31st of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 132 [31st of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 6,379 [36th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 3.308 per 1,000 people [33rd of 50]
Property crime total 76,956 [36th of 51]
Robbery 2,105 [34th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 0 [37th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [39th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 2,686 [11th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 139.288 per 100,000 people [4th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 26 [35th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.135 per 10,000 people [37th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 2 [18th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 1.037 per 1 million people [4th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 4 [26th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 2.074 per 1 million people [10th of 50]
Stop and Identify statutes > States with "Stop and Identify" statutes
N. M. Stat. Ann. ยง30-22-3
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 1 [32nd of 40]
Violent crime 12,572 [29th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 581 [28th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 30.129 per 100,000 people [24th of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; Wikipedia: Stop and Identify statutes ; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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