Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Buckeye, AZ Crime Grade
How Buckeye 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
4/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Buckeye, AZ was 158.9 per 100,000 residents (191 incidents over a population of 120,174). That puts Buckeye Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 58% below the Arizona statewide rate of 377.3.
That ranks Buckeye #1,706 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 55% of them, and #16 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Buckeye, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Arizona Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 158.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,706 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #16 of 45
- Safer than
- 55% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 120,174
- Reporting agency
- Buckeye Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Buckeye Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0070300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Buckeye, AZ
Also known as
- Sydney
History
Named Buckeye in 1888 by Thomas Newton Clanton, G.L. Spain, and M.M. Jackson for the nickname of Ohio, the native state of Jackson and Clanton. When a townsite was established on Clanton's land, he called it Sydney for Sydney, Ohio, his home town. State supreme court action was needed to establish the name Buckeye in 1931 when the town was incorporated (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. Buckeye (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Buckeye 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 | 184.5(172) | 180.0(198) | 184.7(207) | 167.7(192) | 158.9(191) |
| Murder | 4.3(4) | 0.9(1) | 1.8(2) | 2.6(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 49.3(46) | 49.1(54) | 52.7(59) | 51.5(59) | 46.6(56) |
| Robbery | 9.7(9) | 6.4(7) | 10.7(12) | 7.9(9) | 7.5(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 121.2(113) | 123.6(136) | 119.6(134) | 105.7(121) | 104.8(126) |
| Property crime | 1143.6(1,066) | 1049.1(1,154) | 838.0(939) | 773.7(886) | 750.6(902) |
| Burglary | 151.3(141) | 127.3(140) | 92.8(104) | 88.2(101) | 120.7(145) |
| Larceny | 883.9(824) | 810.9(892) | 625.6(701) | 570.2(653) | 541.7(651) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 97.6(91) | 106.4(117) | 114.2(128) | 114.4(131) | 87.4(105) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Buckeye, 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 Buckeye 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 Buckeye calculated?
- Buckeye'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 Buckeye 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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