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.
That ranks Phoenix #3,511 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 7% of them, and #45 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 13% over the last five years.
Phoenix, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Arizona Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 693.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,511 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #45 of 45
- Safer than
- 7% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 13%
- Population
- 1,688,662
- Reporting agency
- Phoenix Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Phoenix Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0072300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Phoenix, AZ
Also known as
- Smith Station
- Phenix
- Mill City
- Hellings Mill
- Pumpkinsville
- Salt River
- East Phoenix
- Smiths Station
History
In 1869, Darrell Duppa, one of the organizers of the Swilling Irrigation Company, which developed the area, gave it the name of the mythical bird 'phoenix' because of evidence of a previous civilization in the area. In 1865, 'Smiths Station' had been established by J.Y.T. Smith, and in 1871 'Hellings Mill' (or East Phoenix') was established by William B. Helling. Both settlements have become part of the City of Phoenix (Byrd Granger, 1983). Incorporated in 1881.
Location
Ranked 9th by population in the 1980 census , Capital of State of Arizona.
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. 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
- What is the source of the Phoenix, 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 Phoenix 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 Phoenix calculated?
- Phoenix'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 Phoenix 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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