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Eddy County, NM Arrest Records

Eddy County, NM is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.68 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has higher total crime rate than Bernalillo, Otero, McKinley, Cibola, Chaves counties in New Mexico.
Eddy County, NM property crime rate is 5.69 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 202 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that decreased by 8.60% compared to 2015.

Eddy County, NM Crime Rate

Total arrests in Eddy County in 2016 decreased by 1.61% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes increased from 26 to 39 while non-violent crime decreased by 5.48% from 347 to 328.

5 Crimes In Eddy County, NM in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 202
Burglary 63
Motor vehicle theft 63
Aggravated assault 36
Murder 2

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Eddy County increased by 50% from 2015 and decreased by 47.3% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 74 to 39. In 2016 violent crime rate in Eddy County was 85.58% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.068%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Eddy County decreased by 5.48% from 2015 and decreased by 32.92% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 489 to 328. In 2016 property crime rate in Eddy County was 79.97% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.569%.

How Eddy stands up against other counties

Eddy vs. Curry

You’ll be in more risk in Eddy compared to Curry county that had 45.04% lower crime rate compared to Eddy county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.6248 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.2586 in Curry county.
Burglary rates of 1.0934 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 5.0167 per 1,000 people and lower than average 1.4718 in Curry county.

Eddy vs. Chaves

You’ll be in more risk in Eddy compared to Chaves county that had 35.3% lower crime rate compared to Eddy county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.0347 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0153 in Chaves county.
Burglary rates of 1.0934 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 5.0167 per 1,000 people and lower than average 1.3633 in Chaves county.

Names with the most arrests in Eddy

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Eddy, New Mexico, the most crimes, that's 37.61% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Eddy County is 0.81% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 1.74 daily crimes that occur in Eddy County.
  • Eddy, NM is more violent than Curry.
  • In Eddy County you have a 1 in 157 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Eddy, NM have decreased by 1.61%.

Eddy Police Departments

Cities in Eddy County

Names in Eddy County