The mail survey of 400 households produced 134 usable responses, for a 35-percent return rate. Urban residents were more fearful than rural residents, particularly in the community. Urban residents were also more likely to have taken behavioral but not household precautions in the recent past. Urban location and, unexpectedly, education, were consistently related to victimization, even when the analysis controlled for other demographic variables. Urban residents and less educated residents were more likely to to be crime victims. The rural-urban categorization remains a meaningful one in understanding victimization rates, fear of crime, and precautions taken against crime in eastern New Mexico. Data tables and 38 references.