Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0On violent crime, El Mirage has a higher rate per resident than 77% of U.S. towns
Police counts work out at 3.4 violent crimes and 12.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Arizona they are 4.4 and 18.7. All told, El Mirage grades C+ for safety (#28 of 55 graded towns in Arizona): more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Even so, the graded rate fell 22% from 2023 to 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 El Mirage
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Arizona towns on El Mirage’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Surprise (B), Glendale (D). Sun City is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Youngtown has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Arizona towns, closer to the middle
Arizona’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so El Mirage’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 49% of the 55 Arizona towns we grade, against 35% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 El Mirage’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 violent rate (3.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (12.2) 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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | El Mirage property | Rest of Arizona property | El Mirage violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.2 | 22.4 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 13.3 | 20.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 12.6 | 19.5 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 10.8 | 16.2 | 2.5 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Arizona.
Crime in El Mirage 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 | El Mirage | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
El Mirage’s police reported 364 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.4 in the rest of Arizona and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
489 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.
93 violent and 396 property, as reported to the FBI by El Mirage’s police.
Five people died in crashes on El Mirage’s roads in 2019–2023
El Mirage had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Arizona towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (7.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of El Mirage’s size would see about 14 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so El Mirage’s own rate (2.8) is context, not a ranking.
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.
El Mirage and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sun City is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Youngtown has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Arizona towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Mirage | C+ | 3.4 | 12.2 |
| San Luis | A− | 0.8 | 5.4 |
| Sahuarita | B+ | 0.9 | 9.2 |
| Sierra Vista | C+ | 2.1 | 15.7 |
| Bullhead City | C− | 4.0 | 19.6 |
| Kingman | C− | 2.4 | 31.8 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to El Mirage’s population (35,820), 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 El Mirage. 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 El Mirage’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (36,598 in 2025); our figure for El Mirage is 35,820 (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 El Mirage
Is El Mirage, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, El Mirage reports more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #28 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 3.4 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 El Mirage?
3.4 violent and 12.2 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.
How many homicides were there in El Mirage in 2025?
El Mirage’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 5.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is El Mirage safer than Surprise?
Surprise reports less crime per resident than El Mirage: Surprise grades B for safety and El Mirage C+. Surprise’s police reported 1.0 violent and 9.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices El Mirage?
El Mirage’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “El Mirage”. 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.