Alaska reports over 14,000 average annual crime incidents across five cities

Crime is putting Alaska’s cities on alert, with Wasilla ranking as the most dangerous at 289 crime incidents per 1,000 residents, according to a new analysis by Ladah Injury & Car Accident Lawyers Las Vegas. Fairbanks follows at 149 per 1,000, ranking 2nd in the state.

The five cities studied average 14,054 crime incidents a year, and property crime makes up 78% of them. Anchorage, the largest city, records 3,262 incidents annually but has the lowest rate of the five cities at 11 per 1,000 residents. Wasilla’s rate is more than 25 times higher.

Top 5 Alaska cities with the highest crime rates:

Full dataset and findings: Google Doc