Bethel, AK Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Bethel, AK Summary

Crime in Bethel research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Bethel over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Bethel:

  • There were 95 total crimes committed in Bethel the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,515.9 total crimes per 100K people in Bethel.
  • The overall crime rate in Bethel is -34.78% below the national average.
  • Bethel ranks #13 safest out of 27 cities in Alaska.
  • Bethel ranks #5,361 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Bethel Vs Alaska And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bethel is 1,515.9 per 100,000 people. That's -34.78% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -51.08% lower than the Alaska total crime rate of 3,098.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bethel
/ 100k People
Alaska
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 95 1,515.9 3,098.4 2,324.2
Murder 1 16.0 6.7 6.3
Robbery 2 31.9 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 72 1,148.9 578.9 268.2
Violent Crime 78 1,244.6 837.8 369.8
Burglary 4 63.8 379.5 269.8
Larceny 8 127.7 1,611.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 5 79.8 269.3 282.7
Property Crime 17 271.3 2,260.5 1,954.4

Bethel Crime Compared To Alaska Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Alaska.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Bethel

78
Violent Crimes
1,244.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
236.56%
Above The National Average
  • There were 78 violent crimes in Bethel in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bethel is 1,244.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 80.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bethel each year. That compares to a 1 in 119.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 236.56% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 48.55% higher than the Alaska violent crime rate of 837.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bethel

17
Property Crimes
271.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-86.12%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 property crimes in Bethel in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bethel is 271.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 368.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bethel each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -86.12% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -88.00% lower than the Alaska property crime rate of 2,260.5 per 100,000 people.

Bethel SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
9
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
6
Amenities
6
Education
8
Commute
10
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