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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arizona
9/10
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.
That ranks Tempe #3,089 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 18% of them, and #37 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and down 24% over the last five years.
Tempe, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Arizona Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 419.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,089 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #37 of 45
- Safer than
- 18% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- down 24%
- Population
- 191,348
- Reporting agency
- Tempe Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Tempe Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0072900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Tempe, AZ
Also known as
- Haydens Ferry
- Butte City
- Haydens Mill
- Haydens Butte
- San Pablo
History
Officially named Tempe about 1879 at suggestion of Darrell Duppa because the area was similar to the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Charles Trumbull Hayden (1825-1900) established a ferry--'Haydens Ferry'--in 1871 at this place. Subsequently, the place was known as Butte City or Haydens Butte and by 1875 'Tempe' or 'Haydens Mill'. The name 'Tempe' came to apply to nearby San Pablo as well (AZ-T101).
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. 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
- What is the source of the Tempe, 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 Tempe 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 Tempe calculated?
- Tempe'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 Tempe 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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