Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gilbert, AZ Crime Grade
How Gilbert 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
2/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Gilbert, AZ was 117.1 per 100,000 residents (344 incidents over a population of 293,851). That puts Gilbert Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 69% below the Arizona statewide rate of 377.3.
That ranks Gilbert #1,311 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 65% of them, and #10 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and down 5% over the last five years.
Gilbert, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Arizona Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 117.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,311 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #10 of 45
- Safer than
- 65% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- down 5%
- Population
- 293,851
- Reporting agency
- Gilbert Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gilbert Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0071100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gilbert, AZ
History
Named for Robert Gilbert who donated the land for this settlement about 1910 (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. Gilbert (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gilbert 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 | 122.7(335) | 124.1(344) | 122.8(342) | 137.6(382) | 117.1(344) |
| Murder | 1.1(3) | 0.7(2) | 1.8(5) | 0.7(2) | 2.7(8) |
| Rape | 28.6(78) | 30.0(83) | 31.2(87) | 25.9(72) | 28.6(84) |
| Robbery | 13.6(37) | 10.8(30) | 9.0(25) | 11.2(31) | 7.8(23) |
| Aggravated assault | 79.5(217) | 82.6(229) | 80.8(225) | 99.8(277) | 77.9(229) |
| Property crime | 1080.8(2,950) | 1024.8(2,840) | 946.2(2,635) | 983.7(2,730) | 871.9(2,562) |
| Burglary | 141.4(386) | 99.6(276) | 103.1(287) | 80.4(223) | 64.0(188) |
| Larceny | 870.5(2,376) | 843.7(2,338) | 771.3(2,148) | 837.8(2,325) | 743.2(2,184) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 65.9(180) | 77.9(216) | 68.6(191) | 62.3(173) | 59.2(174) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gilbert, 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 Gilbert 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 Gilbert calculated?
- Gilbert'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 Gilbert 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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