Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sahuarita, AZ Crime Grade
How Sahuarita 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
1/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Sahuarita, AZ was 41.8 per 100,000 residents (16 incidents over a population of 38,264). That puts Sahuarita Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 89% below the Arizona statewide rate of 377.3.
That ranks Sahuarita #383 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 90% of them, and #2 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is down 57% year over year and down 71% over the last five years.
Sahuarita, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Arizona Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 41.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #383 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #2 of 45
- Safer than
- 90% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 57%
- 5-year change
- down 71%
- Population
- 38,264
- Reporting agency
- Sahuarita Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Sahuarita Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0100400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Sahuarita, AZ
Also known as
- Saurita
- Sahuarito
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. Sahuarita (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sahuarita 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 | 142.4(47) | 99.4(36) | 126.7(46) | 97.2(36) | 41.8(16) |
| Murder | 3.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 8.3(3) | 5.4(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 33.3(11) | 16.6(6) | 11.0(4) | 21.6(8) | 2.6(1) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 8.3(3) | 8.3(3) | 5.4(2) | 2.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 106.0(35) | 74.5(27) | 99.2(36) | 64.8(24) | 36.6(14) |
| Property crime | 869.6(287) | 938.5(340) | 917.4(333) | 969.0(359) | 875.5(335) |
| Burglary | 139.4(46) | 71.8(26) | 77.1(28) | 83.7(31) | 120.2(46) |
| Larceny | 672.6(222) | 792.2(287) | 782.4(284) | 847.5(314) | 737.0(282) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 57.6(19) | 69.0(25) | 44.1(16) | 35.1(13) | 18.3(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Sahuarita, 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 Sahuarita 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 Sahuarita calculated?
- Sahuarita'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 Sahuarita 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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