Property Crime
The amount of crime in a community is an indicator of the quality of life, of the degree to which people feel safe to move freely in their neighborhoods and enjoy raising a family without undue worry and concern. The Property Crime Index includes burglary, larceny and theft, and motor vehicle theft.
In 2020, the property crime index was just below the U.S. and significantly below New Mexico's rate. There were 2026 arrests for property crimes by the four law enforcement agencies that report to the FBI Uniform Crime program for San Juan County.
In 2020, the property crime index was just below the U.S. and significantly below New Mexico's rate. There were 2026 arrests for property crimes by the four law enforcement agencies that report to the FBI Uniform Crime program for San Juan County.
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Number of Property Crimes in 2020
Trends in Property Crime
The rate of property crime has decreased over the past several years across the county, state and the U.S.
Violent Crime
In San Juan County in 2020, there were over 817 violent crimes reported to the FBI Uniform Crime reporting system, giving a Violent Crime Index of 656 crimes per 100,000. The Violent Crime Index includes murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
San Juan County's violent crime rate is just below New Mexico's rate, but still above the U.S. rate.
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Number of Violent Crimes in 2020
Trends in Violent Crime
San Juan County's violent crime rate increased dramatically from 2015 to 2018, but has declined in the past two years to what it was prior to that increase.
Juvenile Arrests
In 2019, there were 549 juvenile arrests/delinquency court cases (247 Petitioned and 302 Non-petitioned), giving a rate of 35.6 arrests per 1,000 juveniles. This is generally similar to New Mexico's rate overall.
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Juvenile Arrests
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Petitioned
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Non-petitioned
Trends
There has been a downward trend in juvenile arrests, mostly due to the decrease in "non-petitioned" cases. Non-petitioned cases are those which often result in dismissal or informal sanctions such as fines, community service, informal probation, or referral to a social services agency.
County, state and national crime statistics available from: FBI Uniform Crime Reports:
- https://crime-data-explorer.fr.cloud.gov/explorer/state/new-mexico/crime
- https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr-publications
Property and Violent Crime Indeces are based on reports provided by four LE Agencies: Farmington PD, SJC Sheriff's Office, Aztec PD and Bloomfield PD. These numbers do not include State Police or Navajo Nation Police arrests.
Juvenile arrests are not comparable across states due to different reporting practices, arrest rules and laws, as well as different juvenile age limits.
For Juvenile Arrest Rates: The numerator is the number of delinquency cases formally processed in juvenile court (petitioned) and the number of delinquency cases informally handled (non-petitioned) for individuals ages 10 to the upper age of jurisdiction for a juvenile court.
Non-petitioned cases often result in dismissal or informal sanctions such as fines, community service, informal probation, or referral to a social services agency.
Petitioned cases could also be dismissed, but the accused juvenile offender still has their case processed by a juvenile court judge before determining their decision.
Juvenile arrests are not comparable across states due to different reporting practices, arrest rules and laws, as well as different juvenile age limits.
For Juvenile Arrest Rates: The numerator is the number of delinquency cases formally processed in juvenile court (petitioned) and the number of delinquency cases informally handled (non-petitioned) for individuals ages 10 to the upper age of jurisdiction for a juvenile court.
Non-petitioned cases often result in dismissal or informal sanctions such as fines, community service, informal probation, or referral to a social services agency.
Petitioned cases could also be dismissed, but the accused juvenile offender still has their case processed by a juvenile court judge before determining their decision.