| | Placitas (Sandoval County), NM | Albuquerque, NM | United States |
| | 21.3 | 51 | 22.7 |
| | 34.3 | 85.3 | 35.4 |
The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Placitas (Sandoval County), New Mexico | Crime Index |
| Corrales, NM | 13.5 |
| Mountainair, NM | 13.7 |
| Sedillo, NM | 15.5 |
| San Antonito (Bernalillo County), NM | 15.8 |
| Duran, NM | 15.9 |
| Cedro, NM | 17.9 |
| Adelino, NM | 18.3 |
| La Cueva (Sandoval County), NM | 18.4 |
| Ponderosa Pine, NM | 18.6 |
| Manzano Springs, NM | 19.0 |