Crime Grade · Arizona

Most Dangerous Cities in Arizona

45 reporting Arizona cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 241.8 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Phoenix	1,688,662	693.6	C7/10
2	Show Low	12,521	479.2	B5/10
3	Flagstaff	76,433	469.7	B5/10
4	Tolleson	10,030	438.7	B5/10
5	Glendale	260,498	436.9	B5/10
6	Casa Grande	73,225	434.3	B5/10
7	Prescott	48,778	426.4	B5/10
8	Mesa	519,990	419.6	B5/10
9	Tempe	191,348	419.1	B5/10
10	Coolidge	21,646	374.2	B5/10
11	Tucson	556,898	354.8	B4/10
12	Yuma	105,175	351.8	B4/10
13	Eloy	20,204	351.4	B4/10
14	Avondale	98,457	340.3	B4/10
15	Snowflake-Taylor	11,231	320.5	B4/10
16	Bullhead City	43,721	313.4	B4/10
17	Apache Junction	45,834	301.1	B4/10
18	Prescott Valley	52,622	300.3	B4/10
19	Lake Havasu City	59,462	299.4	B4/10
20	Payson	16,854	284.8	B4/10
21	El Mirage	36,598	254.1	A3/10
22	Peoria	201,962	247.1	A3/10
23	Maricopa	81,890	241.8	A3/10
24	Kingman	36,035	235.9	A3/10
25	Goodyear	123,911	234.8	A3/10
26	Nogales	19,686	228.6	A3/10
27	Sierra Vista	44,541	190.8	A3/10
28	Safford	10,033	189.4	A3/10
29	Scottsdale	247,258	172.3	A2/10
30	Buckeye	120,174	158.9	A2/10
31	Queen Creek	90,750	157.6	A2/10
32	Cottonwood	13,156	152.0	A2/10
33	Florence	24,335	131.5	A2/10
34	Camp Verde	12,684	126.1	A2/10
35	Chandler	282,191	123.0	A2/10
36	Gilbert	293,851	117.1	A1/10
37	Chino Valley	14,117	113.3	A1/10
38	Douglas	15,655	95.8	A1/10
39	San Luis	41,231	84.9	A1/10
40	Surprise	173,922	81.6	A1/10
41	Paradise Valley	12,483	72.1	A1/10
42	Oro Valley	49,271	64.9	A1/10
43	Marana	65,094	59.9	A1/10
44	Sahuarita	38,264	41.8	A1/10
45	Somerton	15,074	26.5	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.