Phoenix, AZ crime rate
In 2025 the Phoenix Police Department reported 697.4 violent crimes and 2,052.2 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Arizona and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Phoenix compare with Arizona and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Phoenix only.
What offenses were reported in Phoenix, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Arizona | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 11,776 | 697.4 | 377.9 | 327.6 | down 12.8% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Murder | 127 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | down 10.7% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Rape | 1,045 | 61.9 | 37.6 | 36.1 | down 3.7% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 2,415 | 143.0 | 50.0 | 49.4 | down 21.3% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 8,189 | 484.9 | 285.8 | 238.0 | down 11.1% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 34,655 | 2,052.2 | 1,513.5 | 1,534.8 | down 12.3% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 4,525 | 268.0 | 170.5 | 193.6 | down 15.5% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 24,041 | 1,423.7 | 1,159.3 | 1,144.1 | down 10.0% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 5,932 | 351.3 | 183.7 | 197.0 | down 17.5% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Arson | 157 | 9.3 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 31.6% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Phoenix Police Department and sent to the FBI. Arizona and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Phoenix's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 127 | 128 |
| Murder | 2024 | 139 | 134 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 2,415 | 1,757 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 3,020 | 1,931 |
| Aggravated assault | 2025 | 8,189 | 6,124 |
| Aggravated assault | 2024 | 9,068 | 6,727 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 4,525 | 3,904 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 5,274 | 4,760 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 5,932 | 4,998 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 7,084 | 6,592 |
City count: Crime Data, Phoenix Police Department, phoenixopendata.com, checked October 29, 2026. The city counts some crimes differently from the FBI (for example by victim instead of by incident), so the two numbers don't always match.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
Show as a table
| Year | Phoenix | United States | Arizona |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 2 of 12 months | 387.0 | 425.6 |
| 2022 | 825.1 | 388.7 | 446.2 |
| 2023 | 784.8 | 379.5 | 433.8 |
| 2024 | 799.6 | 362.9 | 431.5 |
| 2025 | 697.4 | 327.6 | 377.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
Show as a table
| Year | Phoenix | United States | Arizona |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 2 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 2,114.8 |
| 2022 | 2,917.6 | 1,973.8 | 2,060.2 |
| 2023 | 2,494.9 | 1,934.1 | 1,926.6 |
| 2024 | 2,338.9 | 1,761.1 | 1,787.8 |
| 2025 | 2,052.2 | 1,534.8 | 1,513.5 |
Is Phoenix safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Phoenix Police Department reported, 697.4 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Arizona's 377.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 12.8% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In 2025, 11,776 violent crimes and 34,655 property crimes were reported to the FBI by Phoenix police. Measured per 100,000 residents covered by the Phoenix Police Department, the violent rate was 697.4, or 1.8 times the Arizona estimate of 377.9 and 2.1 times the US rate of 327.6. The property rate, 2,052.2, was 1.4 times the state figure of 1,513.5.
Since 2022 the violent rate has come down 15.5% from 825.1, and the property rate 29.7% from 2,917.6. From 2024 to 2025 alone, violent crime fell 12.8% and property crime 12.3%. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses over the 2022 to 2025 span, 43.2%, to 7.5 per 100,000 from 127 homicides.
In the last year, robbery fell the most of the violent offenses, 21.3%, though it remains 2.9 times the US rate. Arson fell the most of the property offenses since 2022, 40.8%, and larceny-theft was down 30.7%. Aggravated assault was 70% of violent crime and larceny-theft 69% of property crime.
2021 is a partial year: 2 of 12 months, so the trend begins in 2022; the 4 of 5 years after that each have all 12 months. Phoenix switched to NIBRS reporting in 2025, and the department had 2.19 police employees per 1,000 residents that year. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office reports separately, so its cases are not in these totals.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.19 per 1,000 residents (2,490 officers, 1,210 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Arizona cities
The nearest Arizona cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Phoenix Police Department (ORI AZ0072300), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Arizona and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072300_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072300_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072300_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072300_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072300_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072300_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072300_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072300_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072300_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072300_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Phoenix Police Department (AZ0072300): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_AZ0072300__from-2021-to-2025.json)