Scottsdale, AZ crime rate
In 2025 the Scottsdale Police Department reported 175.1 violent crimes and 1,752.8 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
Data notes.
- Murder, 2024: unusual change, check the source. 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 7 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
How does Scottsdale compare with Arizona and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Scottsdale only.
What offenses were reported in Scottsdale, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Arizona | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 433 | 175.1 | 377.9 | 327.6 | up 13.3% | down 19.8% |
| Murder | 7 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | See data note | up 40.0% |
| Rape | 107 | 43.3 | 37.6 | 36.1 | up 34.5% | up 0.5% |
| Robbery | 36 | 14.6 | 50.0 | 49.4 | down 37.1% | down 64.8% |
| Aggravated assault | 283 | 114.5 | 285.8 | 238.0 | up 16.0% | down 13.1% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 4,334 | 1,752.8 | 1,513.5 | 1,534.8 | down 6.7% | down 26.2% |
| Burglary | 368 | 148.8 | 170.5 | 193.6 | down 18.9% | down 47.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 3,642 | 1,473.0 | 1,159.3 | 1,144.1 | down 4.1% | down 23.2% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 320 | 129.4 | 183.7 | 197.0 | down 17.4% | down 24.1% |
| Arson | 4 | 1.6 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 44.8% | down 78.1% |
Reported = offenses known to the Scottsdale Police Department and sent to the FBI. Arizona and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Scottsdale | United States | Arizona |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 218.4 | 387.0 | 425.6 |
| 2022 | 188.0 | 388.7 | 446.2 |
| 2023 | 176.9 | 379.5 | 433.8 |
| 2024 | 154.5 | 362.9 | 431.5 |
| 2025 | 175.1 | 327.6 | 377.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Scottsdale | United States | Arizona |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,375.9 | 1,832.3 | 2,114.8 |
| 2022 | 2,286.8 | 1,973.8 | 2,060.2 |
| 2023 | 2,248.8 | 1,934.1 | 1,926.6 |
| 2024 | 1,878.6 | 1,761.1 | 1,787.8 |
| 2025 | 1,752.8 | 1,534.8 | 1,513.5 |
Is Scottsdale safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Scottsdale Police Department reported, 175.1 per 100,000 residents, was lower than Arizona's 377.9, and lower than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It rose 13.3% 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.
Scottsdale had 433 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a rate of 175.1 per 100,000 residents covered by the Scottsdale Police Department. That rate was below both the Arizona estimate of 377.9 and the US rate of 327.6. Property crime ran the other way, at 1,752.8 per 100,000, 1.2 times the state's 1,513.5 and 1.1 times the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime rose 13.3% from 2024 to 2025. Against 2021, when the rate was 218.4, violent crime is down 19.8%. Property crime fell in both comparisons: 6.7% in the last year and 26.2% since 2021.
In the same years the Arizona property estimate went from 2,114.8 to 1,513.5. Robbery fell 64.8% from 2021 to 2025, to 14.6 per 100,000, while rape rose 34.5% in the last year. Arson fell the most of the property offenses since 2021, 78.1%, and burglary fell 47.0%.
Larceny-theft made up 84% of property crime, and aggravated assault 65% of violent crime. The city recorded 7 homicides in 2025, 2.8 per 100,000; the 2024 murder count is flagged as an unusual change, so it is not compared. All 12 months were reported for each of the 5 years shown, and the department has used NIBRS since 2021.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office reports separately, and its cases are not counted here.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.51 per 1,000 residents (391 officers, 229 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, Scottsdale Police Department (ORI AZ0072500), 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)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072500_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072500_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072500_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072500_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072500_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072500_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072500_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072500_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072500_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AZ0072500_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Scottsdale Police Department (AZ0072500): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_AZ0072500__from-2021-to-2025.json)