Safest Cities in Arizona (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Arizona with the highest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 10 safest of 20 cities
Not the same cities shown on the most dangerous cities in Arizona list. See the full ranked list →
- 1SurpriseA864per 100k3.5homicide
- 2GilbertA992per 100k3.4homicide
- 3MaranaA1,347per 100k0.0homicide
- 4BuckeyeB914per 100k0.0homicide
- 5Queen CreekB940per 100k0.0homicide
- 6ChandlerB1,352per 100k1.4homicide
- 7MaricopaB1,036per 100k1.2homicide
- 8PeoriaB1,304per 100k2.0homicide
- 9GoodyearB1,597per 100k1.6homicide
- 10ScottsdaleB1,917per 100k2.8homicide
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 →