Photo: Chris J · CC BY-SA 2.0Maricopa reports less property crime than most U.S. towns, but more violent crime
Overall, Maricopa grades B− for safety (#16 of 55 graded towns in Arizona): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Maricopa
Maricopa reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Arizona towns on Maricopa’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Casa Grande (C−). Ak-Chin Village is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Arizona towns, higher
Arizona’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Maricopa’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 71% of the 55 Arizona towns we grade, against 52% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Maricopa’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Maricopa’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.4) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Maricopa’s police reported 548 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.4 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 | Maricopa | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported
And about 2 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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Maricopa property | Rest of Arizona property | Maricopa violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.6 | 22.5 | 1.9 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 20.5 | 2.6 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 8.7 | 19.6 | 2.2 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 7.9 | 16.3 | 2.4 | 4.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
845 crimes reported in 2025
198 violent and 647 property, as reported to the FBI by Maricopa’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
19 people died in crashes on Maricopa’s roads in 2019–2023
Maricopa had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is 5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Maricopa and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maricopa | B− | 2.4 | 8.1 |
| Casa Grande | C− | 4.6 | 15.5 |
| Ak-Chin Village | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ak-Chin Village 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maricopa | B− | 2.4 | 8.1 |
| Queen Creek | B | 1.3 | 8.1 |
| Marana | B− | 0.9 | 14.7 |
| Lake Havasu City | C+ | 3.1 | 12.2 |
| Avondale | C− | 3.9 | 23.1 |
| Flagstaff | C− | 4.6 | 21.8 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to Maricopa’s population (78,362), 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 Maricopa. 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 Maricopa’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (81,890 in 2025); our figure for Maricopa is 78,362 (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 Maricopa
Is Maricopa, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Maricopa reports less crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #16 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 2.4 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 Maricopa?
2.4 violent and 8.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arizona reports 4.4 and 18.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Maricopa?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Maricopa in 2025?
Maricopa’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Maricopa safer than Casa Grande?
Casa Grande reports more crime per resident than Maricopa: Casa Grande grades C− for safety and Maricopa B−. Casa Grande’s police reported 4.6 violent and 15.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Maricopa?
Maricopa’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Maricopa”. 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.