Arizona’s Safest Cities of 2025

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In this year's State of Safety survey, Arizonans saw a slight decrease in property crime experiences and a large dip in violent crime experiences. Arizona residents' property and violent crime experiences both fall below national averages. The number of Arizonans who feel safe in the state grew year over year, and fewer Arizonans believe crime is increasing compared to last year.

We didn't have enough viable data to calculate statewide crime rates for Arizona this year. But if the safest cities are any indication, it looks like crime rates could be stabilizing statewide.

The collective violent crime rate of the five safest cities is 1.0 incidents per 1,000 people—same as last year. For property crime, the safest cities report 10.4 incidents per 1,000 people—up slightly from 10.0 last year.

The number of Arizonans who feel safe in the state climbed year over year—from 36% to 41%. Fewer Arizona residents believe crime is increasing compared to last year, and fewer crime experiences were reported in our survey. 

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Arizonans worried more about property crime during the 2025 reporting year than in the previous year—63% were concerned about property crime on a daily basis, exceeding the national sentiment (54%) and representing a 7-point increase year over year.

However, reports of personal experiences with property crime decreased year over year. 

• The Grand Canyon State is the seventh-most concerned state when it comes to property crime.
• 26% of survey respondents reported having a personal experience with property crime in the 12 months prior to the survey—that’s 1 percentage point below the national average and down from 28% the previous reporting year.
• 38% of Arizonans fell prey to package theft in our latest survey—up from 36% last year and 1 percentage point higher than the national average.
• 35% of respondents said they added security or safety measures in the 8 months prior to the survey.
• Of the Arizonans who use some form of property protection, most prefer security cameras (59%) or guard dogs (44%).
• Arizonans' use of security cameras (59%) is the third-highest in the nation behind only Delaware (62%) and Louisiana (61%).

Concern about violent crime rose 16 percentage points year over year, making it the ninth concerned state. The rate of worry didn't keep up with reported experiences with violent crime, though. Respondents who told us they had a personal experience with violent crime fell from 19% to 11% year over year—the twelfth lowest percentage in the nation.

• Every day, 67% of Arizonans worry about a violent crime happening to them—that’s 8 percentage points higher than the national average.
• 32% of Arizona survey respondents use some form of personal protection—a stark decrease from 49% last year (US 35%).
• Of those Arizona residents who use personal protection, most prefer pepper spray (17%) or pocket knives (13%).
• Arizonans report the second-highest use of self defense keychains in the nation behind only Kansas. 

• Gun violence concern in Arizona rose from 58% to 67% year over year, making it the fifth most concerned state.
• 11% reported having a personal experience with gun violence in the 8 months prior to the survey, down from 16% the previous year. 
• Arizona saw 3 mass shootings in 2024—5 fewer than the previous year.
• Of the Arizonans who use some form of protection, 14% use a firearm for personal protection and 33% use one for property protection.

For the purposes of this report, the terms “dangerous” and “safest” refer explicitly to crime rates as calculated from FBI crime data—no other characterization of any community is implied or intended.

• 25 cities qualified to be ranked in Arizona this year.
• Numbers 1 through 4 on our list also appeared on last year's list, but in different positions.
• Queen Creek and Surprise saw decreases in both property and violent crime year over year.
• Property crime dropped in Oro Valley and Gilbert.
• Gilbert is one of the most populous cities to repeatedly land on our safest cities lists. With over 278,000 people, its low per-capita crime rates are even more impressive.
• The collective violent crime rate of the safest cities is 1.0 incidents per 1,000 people.
• The collective property crime rate of the safest cities is 10.4 incidents per 1,000 people.

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