Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Avondale, AZ Crime Grade
How Avondale grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Arizona — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
7/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Avondale, AZ was 340.3 per 100,000 residents (335 incidents over a population of 98,457). That puts Avondale Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 10% below the Arizona statewide rate of 377.3.
That ranks Avondale #2,795 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 26% of them, and #32 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 11% over the last five years.
Avondale, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Arizona Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 340.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,795 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #32 of 45
- Safer than
- 26% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 11%
- Population
- 98,457
- Reporting agency
- Avondale Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Avondale Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0070100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Avondale, AZ
Also known as
- Avondale Ranch
- Litchfield
History
When a railroad station was established on the Avondale Ranch it was called 'Litchfield' and the post office established here in 1911 was named 'Avondale' (AZ-T101).
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Avondale (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Avondale vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 383.5(349) | 419.8(384) | 464.1(430) | 377.2(358) | 340.3(335) |
| Murder | 7.7(7) | 6.6(6) | 6.5(6) | 5.3(5) | 3.0(3) |
| Rape | 23.1(21) | 42.6(39) | 58.3(54) | 51.6(49) | 44.7(44) |
| Robbery | 80.2(73) | 77.6(71) | 88.5(82) | 39.0(37) | 42.7(42) |
| Aggravated assault | 272.5(248) | 293.0(268) | 310.8(288) | 281.3(267) | 249.9(246) |
| Property crime | 3682.1(3,351) | 3178.2(2,907) | 2482.2(2,300) | 2254.7(2,140) | 2247.7(2,213) |
| Burglary | 318.6(290) | 313.8(287) | 210.4(195) | 197.0(187) | 187.9(185) |
| Larceny | 3082.1(2,805) | 2545.2(2,328) | 1964.1(1,820) | 1775.3(1,685) | 1816.0(1,788) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 267.0(243) | 301.7(276) | 295.7(274) | 273.9(260) | 233.6(230) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Avondale, AZ Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Avondale Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Avondale calculated?
- Avondale's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Arizona state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Arizona cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Avondale Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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