CurrentCrimeMap

Data through July 2026, Phoenix Police Department

Crime in Phoenix, AZ

The violent crime rate in Phoenix is 678 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to July 2026, 55% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −9% compared with the previous 12 months.

The numbers

12 months to Jul 2026

Violent crime

678 per 100,000 residents, per year

11,442 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

−9% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

1,905 per 100,000 residents, per year

32,165 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

−12% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

2,582 per 100,000 residents, per year

43,607 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 1,688,662, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Phoenix sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

678

Phoenix has the 58th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 244 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Phoenix; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Chattanooga, TN70553
Greensboro, NC70254
Columbia, SC69955
Seattle, WA69056
Portland, OR68857
Phoenix, AZ67858
Oklahoma City, OK67259
Sacramento, CA66860
Des Moines, IA66161
Colorado Springs, CO65762
Billings, MT65363

The places closest to Phoenix in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Phoenix crime map

cities around it

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Phoenix Police Department, not where each crime happened, so there is no street-level map of Phoenix on this page.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Phoenix, all 8 have a lower violent crime rate. The closest is Glendale, AZ, 9 miles away.

Phoenix and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Phoenix, AZ678
Glendale, AZ3799 mi
Tempe, AZ40310 mi
Chandler, AZ11118 mi
Scottsdale, AZ17121 mi
Mesa, AZ42721 mi
Gilbert, AZ11522 mi
Surprise, AZ9726 mi
Peoria, AZ25527 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Jul 2026
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 2,151 reported127−23% vs. a year ago
  • HomicideViolent, 115 reported6.8−5% vs. a year ago
  • Theft, including from vehiclesAll theft without force or entry; this agency does not report thefts from vehicles separatelyProperty, 22,590 reported1,338−9% vs. a year ago
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 5,168 reported306−23% vs. a year ago
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 4,257 reported252−12% vs. a year ago
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent2,151127—−23%
HomicideViolent1156.8—−5%
Theft, including from vehiclesProperty22,5901,338—−9%
Vehicle theftProperty5,168306—−23%
BurglaryProperty4,257252—−12%
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports Phoenix Police Department sends the FBI. Phoenix Police Department does not report thefts from vehicles (NIBRS codes 23F and 23G) separately to the FBI, so they are counted with the rest of theft. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (51st highest rate of 155), robbery (26th highest rate of 152) and burglary (60th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Aug 2025 to Jul 2026

Violent crime −9%

05001,0001,500AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul719962
Violent crimes per month in Phoenix, AZ, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Aug 20251019Aug 20241152
Sep 2025980Sep 20241189
Oct 20251008Oct 20241191
Nov 2025867Nov 20241064
Dec 2025876Dec 20241018
Jan 2026944Jan 20251003
Feb 2026936Feb 2025966
Mar 20261079Mar 2025971
Apr 20261083Apr 2025998
May 2026987May 20251140
Jun 2026944Jun 2025962
Jul 2026719Jul 2025962

Homicides −5%

0102030AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul76
Homicides per month in Phoenix, AZ, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Aug 20259Aug 202411
Sep 20258Sep 202413
Oct 202514Oct 202412
Nov 202521Nov 20245
Dec 20258Dec 202415
Jan 202612Jan 202513
Feb 20268Feb 20257
Mar 20267Mar 202510
Apr 20266Apr 202512
May 20269May 20257
Jun 20266Jun 202510
Jul 20267Jul 20256

55 in 2026 through July, 65 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Aug 2023
Reported crime per month in Phoenix, AZ
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Jul 20267192,0767
Jun 20269442,4686
May 20269872,8269
Apr 20261,0832,7086
Mar 20261,0792,7567
Feb 20269362,5198
Jan 20269442,83412
Dec 20258762,8758
Nov 20258672,78221
Oct 20251,0082,85214
Sep 20259802,8388
Aug 20251,0192,6319
Jul 20259622,9786
Jun 20259622,99510
May 20251,1403,1657
Apr 20259982,73812
Mar 20259712,92010
Feb 20259662,7017
Jan 20251,0033,07513
Dec 20241,0183,17915
Nov 20241,0643,1595
Oct 20241,1913,34612
Sep 20241,1893,06813
Aug 20241,1523,25811
Jul 20241,0713,09317
Jun 20241,1013,0379
May 20241,2183,18213
Apr 20241,0763,2079
Mar 20241,0723,4315
Feb 20241,0633,34315
Jan 20241,0813,58915
Dec 20231,0543,42723
Nov 20231,0633,51514
Oct 20231,1223,42421
Sep 20231,0503,48318
Aug 20231,0343,5366

How Phoenix compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
31Houston, TX8373,6792,413,559Mar 2026
38Philadelphia, PA7954,1631,562,379Jul 2026
58Phoenix, AZ6781,9051,688,662Jul 2026
86Dallas, TX5492,9921,304,379Sep 2026
94San Antonio, TX5253,6781,549,306Aug 2026
130Chicago, IL *3922,8562,746,388Mar 2026
133Las Vegas, NV3902,2951,712,136May 2026
135San Diego, CA3851,5511,409,432Aug 2026
176Miami-Dade County, FL (County Police)3041,5081,200,003Aug 2026
270Hillsborough County, FL (Sheriff)1223831,092,535Jul 2026

The 10 places closest to Phoenix in population, Phoenix included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
58Phoenix, AZ6781,9051,688,662Jul 2026
110Tucson, AZ4752,172556,898Sep 2026
118Mesa, AZ4271,139519,990Aug 2026
126Tempe, AZ4032,771191,348Aug 2026
138Glendale, AZ3792,221260,498May 2026
194Peoria, AZ2551,091201,962Apr 2026
244Scottsdale, AZ1711,617247,258Jul 2026
273Gilbert, AZ115812293,851Aug 2026
278Chandler, AZ1111,116282,191Aug 2026
284Surprise, AZ97696173,922Aug 2026

All 10 places in Arizona on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
58Phoenix, AZ6781,9051,688,662Jul 2026
110Tucson, AZ4752,172556,898Sep 2026
118Mesa, AZ4271,139519,990Aug 2026
126Tempe, AZ4032,771191,348Aug 2026
138Glendale, AZ3792,221260,498May 2026
194Peoria, AZ2551,091201,962Apr 2026
244Scottsdale, AZ1711,617247,258Jul 2026
273Gilbert, AZ115812293,851Aug 2026
278Chandler, AZ1111,116282,191Aug 2026
284Surprise, AZ97696173,922Aug 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Phoenix by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

* Chicago, IL reports less to the FBI than it records; its own page leads with its own figures. Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Phoenix side by side with Tucson, Las Vegas or Denver, or with any other place.

Other cities in Arizona

8 closest of 9

Arizona as a whole has 382 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Phoenix’s rate is 77% above the state’s.

GlendaleTempeChandlerScottsdaleMesaGilbertSurprisePeoria

All 10 cities in Arizona

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Phoenix safe?

By reported violent crime, Phoenix is well above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 678 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to July 2026, −9% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Phoenix?

This site does not have one for Phoenix. The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Phoenix compares with nearby places such as Glendale, AZ instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Phoenix?

678 violent and 1,905 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 43,607 incidents reported to Phoenix Police Department over the 12 months to July 2026. Violent crime includes 2,151 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 4,257 burglaries and 22,590 thefts, including thefts from vehicles, which Phoenix Police Department does not report separately.

Is crime in Phoenix going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −9% and property crime −12% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Phoenix had in 2026?

Phoenix Police Department reported 55 homicides from January to July 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 65 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Jul 2026 the count was 115, or 7 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Phoenix Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset AZ0072300). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Phoenix

12 months to July 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100kvs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat2,151127−23%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal4,257252−12%
Vehicle theft5,168306−23%

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

AZ0072300
Source
Phoenix Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset AZ0072300)
Latest complete month
July 2026
History on this site
August 2023 to July 2026 (43 months)
Update schedule
Phoenix Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)