Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Phoenix, AZ Crime Grade
How Phoenix 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
10/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Phoenix, AZ was 693.6 per 100,000 residents (11,713 incidents over a population of 1,688,662). That puts Phoenix Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 84% above the Arizona statewide rate of 377.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Phoenix (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Phoenix 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 | 798.5(13,646) | 825.1(13,515) | 784.8(13,033) | 799.6(13,296) | 693.6(11,713) |
| Murder | 10.9(187) | 13.2(217) | 11.5(191) | 8.4(139) | 7.5(127) |
| Rape | 62.5(1,068) | 67.5(1,105) | 65.6(1,089) | 64.3(1,069) | 60.6(1,024) |
| Robbery | 191.8(3,278) | 195.8(3,207) | 168.8(2,803) | 181.6(3,020) | 142.7(2,409) |
| Aggravated assault | 533.2(9,113) | 548.6(8,986) | 538.9(8,950) | 545.3(9,068) | 482.8(8,153) |
| Property crime | 3006.9(51,386) | 2917.6(47,787) | 2494.9(41,432) | 2338.9(38,892) | 2036.1(34,383) |
| Burglary | 433.4(7,406) | 382.6(6,266) | 342.6(5,690) | 317.2(5,274) | 265.4(4,481) |
| Larceny | 2121.4(36,254) | 2053.3(33,631) | 1577.4(26,195) | 1582.1(26,308) | 1412.1(23,846) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 434.7(7,429) | 466.0(7,633) | 563.9(9,364) | 426.0(7,084) | 349.4(5,900) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Phoenix's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Arizona cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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