Arizona Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
- 01
Arizona displays a 11.18-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Tucson, Arizona at 45.12 points out of 100 versus Phoenix, Arizona at 33.94.
- 02
Arizona displays 3 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 146 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 3 displayed profiles have scores.
- 03
Arizona has 1 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 1 increasing and 1 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
- 04
Phoenix, Arizona has a reporting population of 1,624,832 residents versus 507,478 in Mesa, Arizona, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Arizona is Tucson with an adjusted safety score of 45.12 out of 100, ranked across 3 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
Jump to section
Arizona city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 3 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson | #1 of 3 | 543,348 | 45.12 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Mesa | #2 of 3 | 507,478 | 41.06 | → Stable | View Report → |
| Phoenix | #3 of 3 | 1,624,832 | 33.94 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 3 jurisdictions listed above.
Arizona in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Motor vehicle theft -27% (34,210 to 24,893), robbery -25%, burglary -23%, larceny-theft -13%, aggravated assault and homicide -12% each.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 229,028 of 485,691 reports (47.2%); larceny-theft alone is 155,052 (31.9%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 71% of homicides cleared vs 11% of motor vehicle thefts and 15% of burglaries (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 699 reports in 2025 vs 793 in 2024 (-12%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (87,934) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (53,792, 11.1% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Mar (13,570) and troughed in Nov (12,283), a 1.1× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 57 of 94 agencies reported motor vehicle theft in December 2025 (vs 62 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 94 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
Every number on this page ships in the Arizona workbook.
Arizona monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 155052 reports vs 177947 in 2024 (down 13% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 13,336 | 62 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 12,441 | 62 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 13,570 | 61 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 12,884 | 61 | Full |
| May 2025 | 13,391 | 60 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 12,899 | 59 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 13,307 | 58 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 12,458 | 58 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 12,470 | 59 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 12,648 | 57 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 12,283 | 57 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 13,365 | 57 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 87934 reports vs 81881 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 5,880 | 62 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 5,831 | 62 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 6,296 | 61 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 6,302 | 61 | Full |
| May 2025 | 6,668 | 60 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 5,776 | 59 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 6,057 | 58 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 6,673 | 58 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 9,734 | 59 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 9,846 | 57 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 9,389 | 57 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 9,482 | 57 | Full |
Vandalism, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 39399 reports vs 48583 in 2024 (down 19% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 3,423 | 61 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 3,336 | 61 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 3,440 | 60 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 3,175 | 60 | Full |
| May 2025 | 3,054 | 59 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 2,991 | 58 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 2,982 | 57 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 3,020 | 57 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 3,395 | 58 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 3,554 | 56 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 3,513 | 56 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 3,516 | 56 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
71% of homicides cleared vs 11% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 699 | 497 | 71.1% |
| Aggravated Assault | 38,170 | 18,860 | 49.4% |
| Robbery | 7,150 | 2,528 | 35.4% |
| Burglary | 22,706 | 3,496 | 15.4% |
| Larceny-theft | 155,052 | 33,422 | 21.6% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 24,893 | 2,805 | 11.3% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Downloads: Arizona monthly series (JSON) · same data (CSV) · build manifest
Arizona city reports
- Tucson safety report: #1 of 3, population 543,348, score 45.12, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Mesa safety report: #2 of 3, population 507,478, score 41.06, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- Phoenix safety report: #3 of 3, population 1,624,832, score 33.94, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Arizona reporting agencies recorded 13,570 larceny-theft offenses in Mar 2025 versus 12,283 in Nov 2025, a difference of 1,287 reports; 61 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 57 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 155,052 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Arizona reporting agencies recorded 9,846 simple assault offenses in Oct 2025 versus 5,776 in Jun 2025, a difference of 4,070 reports; 57 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 59 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 87,934 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Arizona reporting agencies recorded 3,554 vandalism offenses in Oct 2025 versus 2,982 in Jul 2025, a difference of 572 reports; 56 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 57 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 39,399 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Arizona reporting agencies recorded 497 cleared homicide offenses against 699 reports received in 2025 (71.1%), compared with 2,805 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 24,893 reports (11.3%), a 59.8-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Phoenix, Arizona records 33.94 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 6.10 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 40.04; its reporting population of 1,624,832 residents accounts for 60.7% of the 2,675,658 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Tucson, Arizona records 45.12 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 5.08 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 40.04; its reporting population of 543,348 residents accounts for 20.3% of the 2,675,658 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Mesa, Arizona records 41.06 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 1.02 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 40.04; its reporting population of 507,478 residents accounts for 19.0% of the 2,675,658 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Arizona reporting-agency sums contain 155,052 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 177,947 in 2024, 22,895 reports (12.9%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 57 to 62 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Arizona reporting-agency sums contain 87,934 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 81,881 in 2024, 6,053 reports (7.4%) more across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 57 to 62 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Arizona reporting-agency sums contain 39,399 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 48,583 in 2024, 9,184 reports (18.9%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 56 to 61 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Arizona directory
The scoring run contains 146 reportable jurisdictions in Arizona. This public directory displays the 3 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Tucson has the highest adjusted score at 45.12, and Phoenix has the lowest at 33.94. The public-cohort range is 11.18 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 1 decreasing, 1 stable, and 1 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
Review the scoring method, coverage report, and buyer checklist before citing or purchasing data.
Explore Safety Resources
What Is the Safest State?
Compare population-adjusted crime scores across all 50 states.
Our Methodology
Learn how we calculate safety indexes using log-relief normalization.
Safety Atlas Datasets
Get API access or download offline data workbooks for all states.