Photo: Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0Violent crime per resident is higher in Bullhead City than in 82% of U.S. towns
On crimes Bullhead City’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #40 of 55 graded towns in Arizona. Even so, the rate the grade counts dropped 23% from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent crimes ran at 4.0 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 19.6, against 4.4 and 18.6 in the rest of Arizona.
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 Bullhead City
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 Bullhead City’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Bullhead City property | Rest of Arizona property | Bullhead City violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 21.9 | 19.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Arizona.
Crime in Bullhead City per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bullhead City | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bullhead City’s police reported 526 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.4 in the rest of Arizona and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
844 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
137 violent and 707 property, as reported to the FBI by Bullhead City’s police.
39 people died in crashes on Bullhead City’s roads in 2019–2023
Bullhead City had 35 fatal crashes in five years, in which 39 people died; 10 were pedestrians.
That is 18.4 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.
Bullhead City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullhead City | C− | 4.0 | 19.6 |
| Fort Mohave | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fort Mohave 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullhead City | C− | 4.0 | 19.6 |
| 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 |
| Apache Junction | C | 4.1 | 14.1 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to Bullhead City’s population (43,987), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Bullhead City. 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 Bullhead City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (43,721 in 2025); our figure for Bullhead City is 43,987 (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 Bullhead City
Is Bullhead City, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bullhead City reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #40 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 4.0 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 Bullhead City?
4.0 violent and 19.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arizona reports 4.4 and 18.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Bullhead City in 2025?
Bullhead City’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Bullhead City?
Bullhead City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bullhead City”. 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.