Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Tempe, AZ Crime Grade
How Tempe 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
8/10
vs. Arizona cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Tempe, AZ was 419.1 per 100,000 residents (802 incidents over a population of 191,348). That puts Tempe Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 11% above the Arizona statewide rate of 377.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Tempe (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Tempe 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 | 550.2(1,100) | 588.4(1,103) | 507.1(954) | 470.8(901) | 419.1(802) |
| Murder | 4.0(8) | 4.3(8) | 6.4(12) | 2.6(5) | 4.7(9) |
| Rape | 77.5(155) | 86.4(162) | 76.0(143) | 72.6(139) | 71.6(137) |
| Robbery | 124.0(248) | 94.9(178) | 65.4(123) | 66.9(128) | 59.6(114) |
| Aggravated assault | 344.6(689) | 402.7(755) | 359.3(676) | 328.7(629) | 283.3(542) |
| Property crime | 3576.7(7,151) | 4376.6(8,205) | 3608.4(6,789) | 2914.7(5,578) | 2694.0(5,155) |
| Burglary | 480.2(960) | 497.1(932) | 400.2(753) | 335.5(642) | 268.6(514) |
| Larceny | 2732.9(5,464) | 3440.0(6,449) | 2829.7(5,324) | 2269.4(4,343) | 2209.6(4,228) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 350.1(700) | 423.5(794) | 368.3(693) | 302.5(579) | 210.6(403) |
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: Tempe'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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