Crime & Safety in Silver City

Silver City's crime data reads genuinely favorably relative to national and New Mexico norms, per the sources reviewed this pass.

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Genuinely favorable victim-odds data

NeighborhoodScout cites Silver City's violent-crime victim odds at 1-in-854 and property-crime victim odds at 1-in-196 -- meaningfully safer odds than many New Mexico markets in this project's dataset.

A real, disclosed data limitation

This record did not independently confirm a single combined crimes-per-1,000-residents figure or a statewide percentile ranking for Silver City this pass -- a real, disclosed gap.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-28. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.