CurrentCrimeMap

Data through August 2026, Surprise Police Department

Crime in Surprise, AZ

The violent crime rate in Surprise is 97 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, 78% below the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is +13% compared with the previous 12 months.

Surprise Lake in Surprise, Arizona.
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Aug 2026

Violent crime

97 per 100,000 residents, per year

169 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

+13% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

696 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,211 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−11% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

793 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,380 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 173,922, 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 Surprise sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

97

Surprise has the 284th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 18 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

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

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Palm Beach Gardens, FL104279
Boca Raton, FL103280
Frisco, TX102281
McKinney, TX102282
Flagler County, FL (Sheriff)98283
Surprise, AZ97284
Frederick County, MD (Sheriff)95285
Cranston, RI92286
Bellevue, WA89287
Cecil County, MD (Sheriff)89288
Warwick, RI84289

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

Surprise crime map

cities around it
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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Surprise Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Surprise and the 7 covered cities around it with each one’s whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Surprise, all 8 have a higher violent crime rate. The closest is Peoria, AZ, 12 miles away.

Surprise and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Surprise, AZ97
Peoria, AZ25512 mi
Glendale, AZ37918 mi
Phoenix, AZ67826 mi
Scottsdale, AZ17134 mi
Tempe, AZ40336 mi
Chandler, AZ11144 mi
Mesa, AZ42746 mi
Gilbert, AZ11548 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 Aug 2026
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
HomicideViolent00.0—−100%
About these categories

The FBI publishes city totals by family, not a full breakdown by offence, so homicide is the only type Surprise Police Department reports separately here. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Month by month

Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Violent crime +13%

0102030SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug215
Violent crimes per month in Surprise, AZ, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Sep 202511Sep 202414
Oct 202520Oct 20247
Nov 202511Nov 202414
Dec 202510Dec 202417
Jan 202626Jan 202516
Feb 202611Feb 202516
Mar 202613Mar 20256
Apr 202612Apr 20253
May 202621May 202514
Jun 202621Jun 202517
Jul 202611Jul 202510
Aug 20262Aug 202515

Homicides 0 vs. 8

01234SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug00
Homicides per month in Surprise, AZ, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Sep 20250Sep 20242
Oct 20250Oct 20240
Nov 20250Nov 20240
Dec 20250Dec 20240
Jan 20260Jan 20251
Feb 20260Feb 20251
Mar 20260Mar 20250
Apr 20260Apr 20250
May 20260May 20253
Jun 20260Jun 20251
Jul 20260Jul 20250
Aug 20260Aug 20250

0 in 2026 through August, 6 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Sep 2023
Reported crime per month in Surprise, AZ
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Aug 20262180
Jul 202611890
Jun 202621860
May 2026211390
Apr 2026121250
Mar 2026131100
Feb 2026111130
Jan 2026261330
Dec 2025101350
Nov 2025111130
Oct 202520690
Sep 202511810
Aug 2025151460
Jul 2025101280
Jun 2025171141
May 2025141223
Apr 202531030
Mar 202561030
Feb 2025161271
Jan 2025161181
Dec 2024171010
Nov 202414870
Oct 202471100
Sep 2024141012
Aug 2024131170
Jul 2024211124
Jun 202415971
May 2024231322
Apr 2024121150
Mar 2024111721
Feb 202491661
Jan 2024221341
Dec 202391270
Nov 2023191900
Oct 2023101481
Sep 202371410

How Surprise compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
11Springfield, MO1,2303,601170,958Jul 2026
18Shreveport, LA1,0453,299174,114Jul 2026
39Newport News, VA7942,282182,798Dec 2025
140Salem, OR3781,800181,534Aug 2026
161Eugene, OR3402,469178,886May 2026
205Fort Collins, CO2421,491171,159Jul 2026
222Aurora, IL2201,082180,824Dec 2025
233Denton, TX1971,686172,882Jul 2026
284Surprise, AZ97696173,922Aug 2026
301Pembroke Pines, FL51540180,075Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Surprise in population, Surprise 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 Surprise by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

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 Surprise side by side with Tempe, Peoria or Scottsdale, 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; Surprise’s rate is 75% below the state’s.

PeoriaGlendalePhoenixScottsdaleTempeChandlerMesaGilbert

All 10 cities in Arizona

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Surprise safe?

By reported violent crime, Surprise is well below the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 97 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, +13% 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 Surprise?

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

What is the crime rate in Surprise?

97 violent and 696 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 1,380 incidents reported to Surprise Police Department over the 12 months to August 2026.

Is crime in Surprise going up or down?

It is going up: violent crime +13% and property crime −11% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Surprise had in 2026?

Surprise Police Department reported 0 homicides from January to August 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 6 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Aug 2026 the count was 0, or 0 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Surprise Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset AZ0072700). 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 Surprise

12 months to August 2026

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

AZ0072700
Source
Surprise Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset AZ0072700)
Latest complete month
August 2026
History on this site
September 2023 to August 2026 (44 months)
Update schedule
Surprise 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)