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 Roswell, New Mexico | Crime Index |
| Dexter, NM | 12.7 |
| Midway, NM | 25.7 |
| Lake Arthur, NM | 28.4 |
| Hagerman, NM | 30.4 |
| Roswell, NM | 52.1 |