CurrentCrimeMap

Data through August 2026, Tempe Police Department

Crime in Tempe, AZ

The violent crime rate in Tempe is 403 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, 8% below the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −4% compared with the previous 12 months.

Hayden Flour Mill and Silos from north of Tempe Town Lake.
Photo: Hunter Trick (TrickHunter), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Aug 2026

Violent crime

403 per 100,000 residents, per year

772 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−4% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

2,771 per 100,000 residents, per year

5,303 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

+2% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

3,175 per 100,000 residents, per year

6,075 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 191,348, 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 Tempe sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

403

Tempe has the 126th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 176 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

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

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Fort Myers, FL415121
Bozeman, MT414122
Richmond, VA411123
Austin, TX410124
Kissimmee, FL405125
Tempe, AZ403126
Cambridge, MA402127
Twin Falls, ID400128
Sarasota, FL399129
Chicago, IL392130
Norfolk, VA392131

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

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

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Tempe, 2 have a higher violent crime rate and 6 a lower one. The closest is Chandler, AZ, 9 miles away.

Tempe and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Tempe, AZ403
Chandler, AZ1119 mi
Phoenix, AZ67810 mi
Gilbert, AZ11512 mi
Mesa, AZ42712 mi
Glendale, AZ37918 mi
Scottsdale, AZ17121 mi
Peoria, AZ25535 mi
Surprise, AZ9736 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
HomicideViolent126.3—+140%
About these categories

The FBI publishes city totals by family, not a full breakdown by offence, so homicide is the only type Tempe 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 −4%

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Violent crimes per month in Tempe, AZ, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Sep 202561Sep 202481
Oct 202563Oct 202466
Nov 202584Nov 202470
Dec 202565Dec 202464
Jan 202660Jan 202553
Feb 202677Feb 202556
Mar 202658Mar 202562
Apr 202670Apr 202573
May 202670May 202584
Jun 202654Jun 202557
Jul 202663Jul 202564
Aug 202647Aug 202577

Homicides 12 vs. 5

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Homicides per month in Tempe, AZ, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Sep 20252Sep 20240
Oct 20250Oct 20240
Nov 20250Nov 20241
Dec 20254Dec 20240
Jan 20260Jan 20251
Feb 20263Feb 20251
Mar 20262Mar 20250
Apr 20260Apr 20250
May 20260May 20250
Jun 20260Jun 20250
Jul 20260Jul 20252
Aug 20261Aug 20250

6 in 2026 through August, 4 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Sep 2023
Reported crime per month in Tempe, AZ
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Aug 2026473711
Jul 2026634140
Jun 2026544160
May 2026705120
Apr 2026704110
Mar 2026584212
Feb 2026774773
Jan 2026604730
Dec 2025655314
Nov 2025844790
Oct 2025634240
Sep 2025613742
Aug 2025773630
Jul 2025644422
Jun 2025573880
May 2025844380
Apr 2025734120
Mar 2025624850
Feb 2025563901
Jan 2025534451
Dec 2024645020
Nov 2024704021
Oct 2024664720
Sep 2024814700
Aug 2024674431
Jul 2024774130
Jun 2024794471
May 2024864771
Apr 2024684720
Mar 20241015241
Feb 2024654600
Jan 2024774990
Dec 2023744960
Nov 2023744720
Oct 2023745582
Sep 2023795390

How Tempe compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
44Akron, OH7552,397189,545Aug 2026
53Chattanooga, TN7053,102193,881Sep 2026
67Fort Lauderdale, FL6392,699191,199Aug 2026
126Tempe, AZ4032,771191,348Aug 2026
151Brownsville, TX3571,314193,321Sep 2026
173Clarksville, TN313891190,532Aug 2026
239Huntington Beach, CA1821,464191,856Dec 2025
271Charlotte County, FL (Sheriff)118543194,478Oct 2026
275Santa Rosa County, FL (Sheriff)114331190,022Aug 2026
285Frederick County, MD (Sheriff)95533193,550Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Tempe in population, Tempe 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 Tempe 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 Tempe side by side with Peoria, Surprise 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; Tempe’s rate is 6% above the state’s.

ChandlerPhoenixGilbertMesaGlendaleScottsdalePeoriaSurprise

All 10 cities in Arizona

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Tempe safe?

By reported violent crime, Tempe is below the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 403 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, −4% 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 Tempe?

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

What is the crime rate in Tempe?

403 violent and 2,771 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 6,075 incidents reported to Tempe Police Department over the 12 months to August 2026.

Is crime in Tempe going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −4% and property crime +2% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Tempe had in 2026?

Tempe Police Department reported 6 homicides from January to August 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 4 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Aug 2026 the count was 12, or 6 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Tempe Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset AZ0072900). 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 Tempe

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

AZ0072900
Source
Tempe Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset AZ0072900)
Latest complete month
August 2026
History on this site
September 2023 to August 2026 (44 months)
Update schedule
Tempe 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)