Safest Places to Live in Alaska of September 2026
Alaska is a state located at the northwest extremity of the North American continent. It borders the Canadian provinces British Columbia and Yukon, as well as Russia (maritime border). It is also bordered by the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Alaska is the largest state by area and the 3rd least populous state, with around 740,000 residents. This state’s capital is Juneau, while the largest city is Anchorage, with close to 300,000 residents.
Alaska was a part of the Russian Empire until the United States purchased it in 1867. It officially became a state very late, in 1959. The economy of Alaska heavily relies on fishing, natural gas, and oil industry, and tourism.
Ranking Criteria
ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:
Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000
This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.
The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 3,000 residents were not included in the list.
10 Safest Places in Alaska of September 2026
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Valdez | Population:3 816 | Total Number of Crimes:5 | Crime Score:1,31 |
| Rank:2 | City:Unalaska | Population:4 513 | Total Number of Crimes:7 | Crime Score:1,55 |
| Rank:3 | City:Sitka | Population:8 512 | Total Number of Crimes:16 | Crime Score:1,88 |
| Rank:4 | City:Homer | Population:5 913 | Total Number of Crimes:12 | Crime Score:2,03 |
| Rank:5 | City:Soldotna | Population:4 756 | Total Number of Crimes:13 | Crime Score:2,73 |
| Rank:6 | City:Palmer | Population:7 490 | Total Number of Crimes:21 | Crime Score:2,80 |
| Rank:7 | City:Petersburg | Population:3 181 | Total Number of Crimes:10 | Crime Score:3,14 |
| Rank:8 | City:Wasilla | Population:10 915 | Total Number of Crimes:48 | Crime Score:4,40 |
| Rank:9 | City:Ketchikan | Population:8 316 | Total Number of Crimes:40 | Crime Score:4,81 |
| Rank:10 | City:Fairbanks | Population:31 493 | Total Number of Crimes:247 | Crime Score:7,84 |
Crime Score in All Cities in Alaska of September 2026
If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Alaska cities.
We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:
- Under 3,000 Residents
- 3,000 – 10,000 Residents
- Over 30,000 Residents
(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)
These are the results that we got:
Under 3,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Cordova | Population:2 150 | Total Number of Crimes:0 | Crime Score:0,00 |
| Rank:2 | City:Wrangell | Population:2 489 | Total Number of Crimes:2 | Crime Score:0,80 |
| Rank:3 | City:Skagway | Population:1 159 | Total Number of Crimes:1 | Crime Score:0,86 |
| Rank:4 | City:Bristol Bay Borough | Population:852 | Total Number of Crimes:2 | Crime Score:2,35 |
| Rank:5 | City:Seward | Population:2 732 | Total Number of Crimes:9 | Crime Score:3,29 |
| Rank:6 | City:Haines | Population:2 441 | Total Number of Crimes:9 | Crime Score:3,69 |
| Rank:7 | City:Craig | Population:1 313 | Total Number of Crimes:7 | Crime Score:5,33 |
| Rank:8 | City:North Pole | Population:2 111 | Total Number of Crimes:16 | Crime Score:7,58 |
| Rank:9 | City:Dillingham | Population:2 405 | Total Number of Crimes:49 | Crime Score:20,37 |
3,000 – 10,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Valdez | Population:3 816 | Total Number of Crimes:5 | Crime Score:1,31 |
| Rank:2 | City:Unalaska | Population:4 513 | Total Number of Crimes:7 | Crime Score:1,55 |
| Rank:3 | City:Sitka | Population:8 512 | Total Number of Crimes:16 | Crime Score:1,88 |
| Rank:4 | City:Homer | Population:5 913 | Total Number of Crimes:12 | Crime Score:2,03 |
| Rank:5 | City:Soldotna | Population:4 756 | Total Number of Crimes:13 | Crime Score:2,73 |
| Rank:6 | City:Palmer | Population:7 490 | Total Number of Crimes:21 | Crime Score:2,80 |
| Rank:7 | City:Petersburg | Population:3 181 | Total Number of Crimes:10 | Crime Score:3,14 |
| Rank:8 | City:Ketchikan | Population:8 316 | Total Number of Crimes:40 | Crime Score:4,81 |
| Rank:9 | City:Kodiak | Population:5 947 | Total Number of Crimes:49 | Crime Score:8,24 |
| Rank:10 | City:Kenai | Population:7 862 | Total Number of Crimes:75 | Crime Score:9,54 |
| Rank:11 | City:North Slope Borough | Population:9 801 | Total Number of Crimes:123 | Crime Score:12,55 |
| Rank:12 | City:Bethel | Population:6 544 | Total Number of Crimes:130 | Crime Score:19,87 |
| Rank:13 | City:Kotzebue | Population:3 272 | Total Number of Crimes:77 | Crime Score:23,53 |
| Rank:14 | City:Nome | Population:3 899 | Total Number of Crimes:107 | Crime Score:27,44 |
Over 30,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Wasilla | Population:10 915 | Total Number of Crimes:48 | Crime Score:4,40 |
| Rank:2 | City:Fairbanks | Population:31 493 | Total Number of Crimes:247 | Crime Score:7,84 |
| Rank:3 | City:Juneau | Population:31 810 | Total Number of Crimes:289 | Crime Score:9,09 |
| Rank:4 | City:Anchorage | Population:287 731 | Total Number of Crimes:3 581 | Crime Score:12,45 |
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Archives
- Safest Places to Live in Alaska 2020
- Safest Places to Live in Alaska 2019
- Safest Places to Live in Alaska 2018
- Safest Places to Live in Alaska 2017
- Safest Places to Live in Alaska 2016
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