Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Florence, AZ Crime Grade
How Florence 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
3/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Florence, AZ was 131.5 per 100,000 residents (32 incidents over a population of 24,335). That puts Florence 60% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 65% below the Arizona statewide rate of 377.3.
That ranks Florence #1,444 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 62% of them, and #13 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is up 10% year over year and up 51% over the last five years.
Florence, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Arizona Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 131.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,444 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #13 of 45
- Safer than
- 62% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 10%
- 5-year change
- up 51%
- Population
- 24,335
- Reporting agency
- Florence Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Florence Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0110700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Florence, AZ
History
First settled in 1866 by Levi Ruggles, the settlement grew rapidly and was named in 1868 by Governor Richard McCormick for his sister.
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. Florence (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Florence 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 87.0(24) | 134.3(36) | 96.3(23) | 119.9(28) | 131.5(32) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.6(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | -3.6(-1) | 0.0(0) | 4.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 3.6(1) | 3.7(1) | 4.2(1) | 4.3(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 87.0(24) | 130.5(35) | 87.9(21) | 107.0(25) | 131.5(32) |
| Property crime | 264.8(73) | 380.4(102) | 473.0(113) | 565.2(132) | 246.6(60) |
| Burglary | 43.5(12) | 44.8(12) | 54.4(13) | 59.9(14) | 37.0(9) |
| Larceny | 199.5(55) | 302.1(81) | 364.1(87) | 428.2(100) | 180.8(44) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 21.8(6) | 26.1(7) | 37.7(9) | 59.9(14) | 24.7(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Florence, 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 Florence 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 Florence calculated?
- Florence'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 Florence 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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