Crime in Fortuna Foothills: the figures, without a grade
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Yuma, 13 miles away, graded C. Fortuna Foothills has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Yuma County. The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Fortuna Foothills alone, and no Safety Grade. Widen the search to 25 miles and 3 graded towns turn up.
What stands out about safety in Fortuna Foothills
Policed by the county
Fortuna Foothills is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Fortuna Foothills. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Arizona towns with their own police figures are Yuma (C, 13 mi), Somerton (A−, 18 mi), San Luis (A−, 22 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fortuna Foothills. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Yuma County without police of their own, which include Fortuna Foothills.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Arizona towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Fortuna Foothills. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fortuna Foothills.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
12 people died in crashes on Fortuna Foothills’s roads in 2019–2023
Fortuna Foothills had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Fortuna Foothills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuma | C | 4.1 | 12.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Fortuna Foothills
Is Fortuna Foothills, AZ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Fortuna Foothills. The nearest Arizona towns with a grade are Yuma (C, 13 mi), Somerton (A−, 18 mi), San Luis (A−, 22 mi).
Who polices Fortuna Foothills?
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office. Fortuna Foothills is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Yuma County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Fortuna Foothills.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.