Decision-support ranking comparing Arizona cities by current violent crime per 1,000 using the currently published coarse crime context, then routing readers into each city brief for tract context and caveats.
Ranked rows are precomputed and served as static HTML from R2.
| # | Place | Metric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tolleson Violent Crime has increased 6% since 2021. |
10.1 / 1k | → |
| 2 | Tucson Violent Crime does not yet have a long enough history to describe a full trend. |
5.3 / 1k | → |
| 3 | Eloy Violent Crime has declined 24% since 2022. |
4.8 / 1k | → |
| 4 | Flagstaff Violent Crime moved up by 4.0 / 1k from 0.7 / 1k in 2021 to 4.7 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
4.7 / 1k | → |
| 5 | Glendale Violent Crime has increased 70% since 2022. |
4.6 / 1k | → |
| 6 | Mesa Violent Crime has increased 5% since 2021. |
4.5 / 1k | → |
| 7 | Tempe Violent Crime moved up by 4.5 / 1k from 0.0 / 1k in 2021 to 4.5 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
4.5 / 1k | → |
| 8 | Yuma Violent Crime has been relatively flat over the tracked period. |
4.1 / 1k | → |
| 9 | Apache Junction Violent Crime has increased 38% since 2021. |
4.0 / 1k | → |
| 10 | Casa Grande Violent Crime has declined 23% since 2021. |
4.0 / 1k | → |
| 11 | Bullhead City Violent Crime has increased 144% since 2022. |
3.9 / 1k | → |
| 12 | El Mirage Violent Crime has declined 3% since 2021. |
3.3 / 1k | → |
| 13 | Lake Havasu City Violent Crime has increased 27% since 2021. |
3.3 / 1k | → |
| 14 | Avondale Violent Crime has declined 28% since 2021. |
3.3 / 1k | → |
| 15 | Prescott Violent Crime has declined 31% since 2021. |
2.9 / 1k | → |
| 16 | Coolidge Violent Crime has declined 39% since 2021. |
2.7 / 1k | → |
| 17 | Payson Violent Crime has declined 49% since 2021. |
2.7 / 1k | → |
| 18 | Sierra Vista Violent Crime has been relatively flat over the tracked period. |
2.4 / 1k | → |
| 19 | Camp Verde Violent Crime has declined 20% since 2021. |
2.4 / 1k | → |
| 20 | Peoria Violent Crime has declined 8% since 2021. |
2.4 / 1k | → |
| 21 | Kingman Violent Crime has declined 36% since 2022. |
2.3 / 1k | → |
| 22 | Prescott Valley Violent Crime has declined 12% since 2021. |
2.2 / 1k | → |
| 23 | Maricopa Violent Crime has declined 5% since 2021. |
1.9 / 1k | → |
| 24 | Buckeye Violent Crime has declined 15% since 2021. |
1.7 / 1k | → |
| 25 | Scottsdale Violent Crime has declined 24% since 2021. |
1.6 / 1k | → |
This page is useful for a current statewide pressure screen. It compares supported Arizona cities by aggregate violent-crime rate before you open the deeper city briefs. Outside Colorado, this remains statewide fallback context rather than local incident-feed depth.
A current city rate does not tell you whether conditions are improving, how concentrated the pressure is, or which neighborhoods are driving it. Open the city brief and neighborhood pages next.