Most Dangerous Cities in Arizona (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Arizona with the lowest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 10 most dangerous of 20 cities
Not the same cities shown on the safest cities in Arizona list. See the full ranked list →
- 1PhoenixD2,738per 100k7.5homicide
- 2TempeD3,117per 100k5.2homicide
- 3FlagstaffC2,609per 100k2.6homicide
- 4GlendaleC2,784per 100k3.8homicide
- 5AvondaleC2,589per 100k3.0homicide
- 6TucsonC2,398per 100k6.8homicide
- 7MesaC1,726per 100k3.5homicide
- 8Casa GrandeC1,554per 100k0.0homicide
- 9YumaC1,504per 100k7.6homicide
- 10Lake HavasuB1,342per 100k0.0homicide
No area has zero risk
A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.
Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2025. See the full methodology →