Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Somerton, AZ Crime Grade
How Somerton 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
1/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Somerton, AZ was 26.5 per 100,000 residents (4 incidents over a population of 15,074). That puts Somerton 92% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 93% below the Arizona statewide rate of 377.3.
That ranks Somerton #205 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 95% of them, and #1 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is down 86% year over year and down 75% over the last five years.
Somerton, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Arizona Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 26.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #205 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #1 of 45
- Safer than
- 95% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 86%
- 5-year change
- down 75%
- Population
- 15,074
- Reporting agency
- Somerton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Somerton Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0140300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Somerton, AZ
Also known as
- Algodones Land Grant
History
Named by Captain A.D. Yocum in 1898 for his native town when the community was established on the Algodones Land Grant (AZ-T101). Incorporated in 1918.
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. Somerton (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Somerton 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 | 106.0(18) | 62.2(9) | 129.6(19) | 183.5(27) | 26.5(4) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 20.7(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 17.7(3) | 6.9(1) | 13.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 19.9(3) |
| Robbery | 5.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 13.6(2) | 13.6(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 82.5(14) | 34.5(5) | 102.3(15) | 169.9(25) | 6.6(1) |
| Property crime | 589.1(100) | 573.2(83) | 436.6(64) | 530.0(78) | 278.6(42) |
| Burglary | 111.9(19) | 145.0(21) | 68.2(10) | 20.4(3) | 26.5(4) |
| Larceny | 406.5(69) | 290.1(42) | 266.0(39) | 414.5(61) | 218.9(33) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 70.7(12) | 131.2(19) | 95.5(14) | 81.5(12) | 33.2(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Somerton, 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 Somerton 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 Somerton calculated?
- Somerton'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 Somerton 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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