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Safety in Gila Bend · Not graded

Crime reported in Gila Bend, AZ

The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Gila Bend has none for 2023–2025. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Goodyear (C+), 28 miles away.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Arizona towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
GoodyearC+28 mi1.914.8
BuckeyeB32 mi1.77.8
AvondaleC−33 mi3.923.1
MaricopaB−41 mi2.48.1
Litchfield ParkB−42 mi1.811.1
El MirageC+49 mi3.412.2

Straight-line distance from the center of Gila Bend. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Gila Bend.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

11 people died in crashes on Gila Bend’s roads in 2019–2023

Gila Bend had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.

That is 161.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Arizona towns of 2,500–5,000 people (11.3, 46 towns).

11
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
2
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
161.4
per 100,000 a year · Arizona towns of 2,500–5,000: 11.3

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.

Next door

Gila Bend and its neighbors

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TownGradeViolentProperty

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.

How to read these numbers

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 Gila Bend

Is Gila Bend, AZ safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Gila Bend. Gila Bend has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Arizona towns with a grade are Goodyear (C+, 28 mi), Buckeye (B, 32 mi), Avondale (C−, 33 mi).

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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.