Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Nogales, AZ Crime Grade
How Nogales 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
5/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Nogales, AZ was 228.6 per 100,000 residents (45 incidents over a population of 19,686). That puts Nogales 37% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 47% below the Arizona statewide rate of 431.2.
That ranks Nogales #2,252 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 40% of them, and #20 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is up 26% year over year and up 12% over the last five years.
Nogales, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Arizona Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 228.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,252 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #20 of 45
- Safer than
- 40% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 26%
- 5-year change
- up 12%
- Population
- 19,686
- Reporting agency
- Nogales Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Nogales Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0120100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Nogales, AZ
Also known as
- Los Nogales
- Isaacson
- Line City
- Villa Rivas
- Isaactown
- Dos Nogales
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. Nogales (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Nogales 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 203.9(41) | 189.8(38) | 243.3(48) | 181.1(36) | 228.6(45) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 5.0(1) | 5.1(1) | 5.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 203.9(41) | 184.8(37) | 233.2(46) | 176.1(35) | 228.6(45) |
| Property crime | 3023.1(608) | 2821.3(565) | 3553.9(701) | 3913.9(778) | 3601.5(709) |
| Burglary | 328.2(66) | 314.6(63) | 481.6(95) | 699.3(139) | 477.5(94) |
| Larceny | 2033.6(409) | 1842.6(369) | 2073.5(409) | 2319.1(461) | 2291.0(451) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 661.3(133) | 664.1(133) | 998.7(197) | 895.5(178) | 833.1(164) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Nogales, 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 Nogales 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 Nogales calculated?
- Nogales'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 Nogales 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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