Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Flagstaff, AZ Crime Grade
How Flagstaff 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
10/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Flagstaff, AZ was 469.7 per 100,000 residents (359 incidents over a population of 76,433). That puts Flagstaff Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 9% above the Arizona statewide rate of 431.2.
That ranks Flagstaff #3,215 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 15% of them, and #43 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is up 17% year over year and down 4% over the last five years.
Flagstaff, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Arizona Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 469.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,215 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #43 of 45
- Safer than
- 15% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 17%
- 5-year change
- down 4%
- Population
- 76,433
- Reporting agency
- Flagstaff Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Flagstaff Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0030100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Flagstaff, AZ
Also known as
- Milltown
- Skylight City
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. Flagstaff (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Flagstaff vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 489.2(367) | 426.6(319) | 492.1(379) | 400.8(302) | 469.7(359) |
| Murder | 1.3(1) | 4.0(3) | 6.5(5) | 2.7(2) | 7.9(6) |
| Rape | 56.0(42) | 74.9(56) | 80.5(62) | 77.0(58) | 72.0(55) |
| Robbery | 57.3(43) | 49.5(37) | 58.4(45) | 37.2(28) | 53.6(41) |
| Aggravated assault | 374.6(281) | 298.2(223) | 346.7(267) | 284.0(214) | 336.2(257) |
| Property crime | 3204.8(2,404) | 2282.8(1,707) | 2502.0(1,927) | 2231.1(1,681) | 2258.2(1,726) |
| Burglary | 186.6(140) | 361.1(270) | 364.8(281) | 298.6(225) | 126.9(97) |
| Larceny | 2891.5(2,169) | 1789.3(1,338) | 2020.3(1,556) | 1786.5(1,346) | 1982.1(1,515) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 82.7(62) | 115.0(86) | 90.9(70) | 114.1(86) | 138.7(106) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Flagstaff, 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 Flagstaff 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 Flagstaff calculated?
- Flagstaff'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 Flagstaff 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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