Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Yuma, AZ Crime Grade
How Yuma 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 Yuma, AZ was 351.8 per 100,000 residents (370 incidents over a population of 105,175). That puts Yuma Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 7% below the Arizona statewide rate of 377.3.
That ranks Yuma #2,854 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 24% of them, and #34 of 45 in Arizona. Violent crime is down 16% year over year and down 24% over the last five years.
Yuma, AZ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Arizona Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 351.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,854 of 3,771
- AZ rank
- #34 of 45
- Safer than
- 24% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 16%
- 5-year change
- down 24%
- Population
- 105,175
- Reporting agency
- Yuma Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Yuma Police Department (FBI ORI AZ0140500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Yuma, AZ
Also known as
- Pueblo de la Concepcion
- Yumas
- San Dionysio
- Doonysio
- Puutsiyumah
- La Purisima Concepcion
- San Dionisio
- Arizona City
History
Origionally named San Dionisio by Father Kino in 1700, his 1701 map shows the place as Doonysio or San Dionysio. In 1775 Father Francisco Graces established a mission in the area called 'Pueblo de la Concepcion', which was later destroyed. In 1854, Poston surveyed the city and sold the plans and land for $10,000. He registered the community as Colorado City and a post office was established there. The name was changed to Arizona (in New Mexico Territory) in 1858. However, after the destructive 1862 flood, the new post office and community (on higher ground) were named Yuma--for Fort Yuma--in 1866. Although the name reverted to Arizona City in 1869, the territorial legislature made Yuma official in 1873.
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. Yuma (red), Arizona (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Yuma 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 | 465.7(469) | 563.3(553) | 469.8(468) | 419.7(428) | 351.8(370) |
| Murder | 9.9(10) | 7.1(7) | 10.0(10) | 2.0(2) | 7.6(8) |
| Rape | 28.8(29) | 43.8(43) | 34.1(34) | 39.2(40) | 22.8(24) |
| Robbery | 44.7(45) | 50.9(50) | 47.2(47) | 23.5(24) | 23.8(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 382.3(385) | 461.5(453) | 378.5(377) | 354.9(362) | 297.6(313) |
| Property crime | 1953.1(1,967) | 1714.5(1,683) | 1509.9(1,504) | 1272.7(1,298) | 1141.0(1,200) |
| Burglary | 335.6(338) | 463.5(455) | 318.2(317) | 198.1(202) | 154.0(162) |
| Larceny | 1360.3(1,370) | 1013.6(995) | 964.8(961) | 897.2(915) | 870.9(916) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 237.3(239) | 224.1(220) | 208.8(208) | 161.8(165) | 106.5(112) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Yuma, 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 Yuma 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 Yuma calculated?
- Yuma'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 Yuma 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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