Per resident, Lake Havasu City records more violent crime than 74% of U.S. towns
Weighing it all, Lake Havasu City earns C+ for safety (#27 of 55 graded towns in Arizona), with more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. By contrast, for every 1,000 residents, 3.1 violent crimes and 12.2 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Arizona, the figures are 4.4 and 18.7.
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 Lake Havasu City
Among Arizona towns, closer to the middle
Arizona’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Lake Havasu City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 51% of the 55 Arizona towns we grade, against 36% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lake Havasu 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. Its violent rate (3.1) 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.
Crime in Lake Havasu 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 | Lake Havasu City | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lake Havasu City’s police reported 563 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.4 in the rest of Arizona and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Lake Havasu City property | Rest of Arizona property | Lake Havasu City violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.6 | 22.4 | 2.8 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 12.3 | 20.4 | 2.9 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 13.9 | 19.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 10.3 | 16.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Arizona.
792 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.
178 violent and 614 property, as reported to the FBI by Lake Havasu City’s police.
30 people died in crashes on Lake Havasu City’s roads in 2019–2023
Lake Havasu City had 27 fatal crashes in five years, in which 30 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 10.3 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.
Lake Havasu City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Havasu City | C+ | 3.1 | 12.2 |
| Desert Hills | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Desert Hills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Havasu City | C+ | 3.1 | 12.2 |
| Oro Valley | B+ | 0.6 | 10.7 |
| Marana | B− | 0.9 | 14.7 |
| Prescott Valley | B− | 2.6 | 7.9 |
| Prescott | C | 3.7 | 12.6 |
| Casa Grande | C− | 4.6 | 15.5 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to Lake Havasu City’s population (59,358), 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 Lake Havasu City. 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 Lake Havasu City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (59,462 in 2025); our figure for Lake Havasu City is 59,358 (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 Lake Havasu City
Is Lake Havasu City, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lake Havasu City reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #27 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 3.1 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 Lake Havasu City?
3.1 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 Lake Havasu City in 2025?
Lake Havasu City’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Lake Havasu City?
Lake Havasu City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lake Havasu 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.