Photo: SearchNet Media from Tucson, Arizona, USA · CC BY 2.0Flagstaff reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Flagstaff’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #42 of 55 graded towns in 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 Flagstaff
A college town
Flagstaff is home to Northern Arizona University, with 23,098 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 28% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Flagstaff’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.
For every 1,000 residents, about 21 property crimes reported
And about 5 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
Flagstaff’s police reported 1,046 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.6 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 | Flagstaff | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Arizona.
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| Year | Flagstaff property | Rest of Arizona property | Flagstaff violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.9 | 20.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 22.3 | 19.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 21.1 | 16.1 | 5.0 | 3.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
2,028 crimes reported in 2025
389 violent and 1,639 property, as reported to the FBI by Flagstaff’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
43 people died in crashes on Flagstaff’s roads in 2019–2023
Flagstaff had 40 fatal crashes in five years, in which 43 people died; 14 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 14 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 11.2 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.
Flagstaff and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagstaff | C− | 4.6 | 21.8 |
| Fort Valley | — | — | — |
| Doney Park | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fort Valley and Doney Park are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Arizona towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagstaff | C− | 4.6 | 21.8 |
| Queen Creek | B | 1.3 | 8.1 |
| Maricopa | B− | 2.4 | 8.1 |
| Marana | B− | 0.9 | 14.7 |
| Lake Havasu City | C+ | 3.1 | 12.2 |
| Casa Grande | C− | 4.6 | 15.5 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to Flagstaff’s population (77,260), 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 Flagstaff. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Flagstaff’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (77,664 in 2025); our figure for Flagstaff is 77,260 (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 Flagstaff
Is Flagstaff, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Flagstaff reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #42 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 4.6 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 Flagstaff?
4.6 violent and 21.8 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.
Is crime going up or down in Flagstaff?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Flagstaff in 2025?
Flagstaff’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Flagstaff?
Flagstaff’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Flagstaff Police Department”. 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.