Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Apache Junction fell 35% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Apache Junction grades C for safety (#36 of 55 graded towns in Arizona): more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AZ” is every other Arizona city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Apache Junction
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Arizona towns on Apache Junction’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Queen Creek (B), Mesa (C−). Gold Canyon is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Apache Junction’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (14.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Arizona.
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| Year | Apache Junction property | Rest of Arizona property | Apache Junction violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.1 | 22.3 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 16.5 | 20.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 15.1 | 19.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 11.0 | 16.2 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Apache Junction’s police reported 524 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.4 in the rest of Arizona and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Apache Junction | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
642 crimes reported in 2025
138 violent and 504 property, as reported to the FBI by Apache Junction’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
24 people died in crashes on Apache Junction’s roads in 2019–2023
Apache Junction had 23 fatal crashes in five years, in which 24 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 11.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Arizona towns of 25,000–100,000 people (7.5, 24 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Apache Junction and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Junction | C | 4.1 | 14.1 |
| Mesa | C− | 4.5 | 14.6 |
| Queen Creek | B | 1.3 | 8.1 |
| Gold Canyon | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Gold Canyon is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Arizona towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Junction | C | 4.1 | 14.1 |
| San Luis | A− | 0.8 | 5.4 |
| Oro Valley | B+ | 0.6 | 10.7 |
| Sierra Vista | C+ | 2.1 | 15.7 |
| Prescott | C | 3.7 | 12.6 |
| Bullhead City | C− | 4.0 | 19.6 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to Apache Junction’s population (45,672), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Apache Junction. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Apache Junction’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (45,834 in 2025); our figure for Apache Junction is 45,672 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Apache Junction
Is Apache Junction, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Apache Junction reports more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #36 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 4.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.4 in the rest of Arizona and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Apache Junction?
4.1 violent and 14.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arizona reports 4.4 and 18.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Apache Junction?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Apache Junction in 2025?
Apache Junction’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Apache Junction safer than Mesa?
Mesa reports more crime per resident than Apache Junction: Mesa grades C− for safety and Apache Junction C. Mesa’s police reported 4.5 violent and 14.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Apache Junction?
Apache Junction’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Apache Junction”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.