Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Paradise Valley, AZ Crime Grade
How Paradise Valley 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
1/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Paradise Valley, AZ was 72.1 per 100,000 residents (9 incidents over a population of 12,483). That puts Paradise Valley 78% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 81% below the Arizona statewide rate of 377.3.
That ranks Paradise Valley #800 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 79% of them, and #5 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Paradise Valley, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Arizona Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 72.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #800 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #5 of 45
- Safer than
- 79% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 12,483
- Reporting agency
- Paradise Valley Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Paradise Valley Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0071900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Paradise Valley (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Paradise Valley 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 | 69.8(9) | 110.6(14) | 31.8(4) | 80.4(10) | 72.1(9) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 15.5(2) | 63.2(8) | 15.9(2) | 24.1(3) | 16.0(2) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 7.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 16.1(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 54.3(7) | 39.5(5) | 15.9(2) | 40.2(5) | 56.1(7) |
| Property crime | 1473.4(190) | 1421.5(180) | 1329.0(167) | 988.7(123) | 560.8(70) |
| Burglary | 318.0(41) | 315.9(40) | 397.9(50) | 313.5(39) | 72.1(9) |
| Larceny | 1070.2(138) | 1026.6(130) | 883.3(111) | 619.0(77) | 472.6(59) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 85.3(11) | 79.0(10) | 47.7(6) | 56.3(7) | 16.0(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Paradise Valley, 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 Paradise Valley 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 Paradise Valley calculated?
- Paradise Valley'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 Paradise Valley 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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