Louise Lincoln Kerr House and Studio · Photo: Tony the Marine · CC BY-SA 3.0The crimes the grade counts fell 52% per resident in Paradise Valley from 2023 to 2025
Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Per 1,000 residents a year, 0.6 violent crime and 9.5 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 4.4 and 18.7 in the rest of Arizona. Overall, Paradise Valley grades B+ for safety (#7 of 55 graded towns in Arizona): less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported 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 Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Arizona towns on Paradise Valley’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Scottsdale (C), Phoenix (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Arizona towns, higher
Arizona’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Paradise Valley’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 87% of the 55 Arizona towns we grade, against 68% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell 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 Paradise Valley’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Paradise Valley property | Rest of Arizona property | Paradise Valley violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.3 | 22.3 | 0.9 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 13.1 | 20.3 | 0.2 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 19.5 | 0.8 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 5.6 | 16.2 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Arizona.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Paradise Valley | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Paradise Valley’s police reported 22 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.4 in the rest of Arizona and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Paradise Valley 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
79 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.
9 violent and 70 property, as reported to the FBI by Paradise Valley’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Paradise Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
Paradise Valley had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Arizona towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (8.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Paradise Valley’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Paradise Valley’s own rate (3.2) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Paradise Valley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Valley | B+ | 0.6 | 9.5 |
| Phoenix | D | 7.6 | 22.8 |
| Scottsdale | C | 1.6 | 19.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Arizona towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Valley | B+ | 0.6 | 9.5 |
| Chino Valley | A− | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| Somerton | A− | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| Camp Verde | B− | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| Cottonwood | B− | 2.1 | 11.5 |
| Show Low | D | 6.8 | 23.3 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to Paradise Valley’s population (12,251), 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 Paradise Valley. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Paradise Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,483 in 2025); our figure for Paradise Valley is 12,251 (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 Paradise Valley
Is Paradise Valley, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Paradise Valley reports less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #7 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 0.6 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 Paradise Valley?
0.6 violent and 9.5 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.
Is Paradise Valley safer than Phoenix?
Phoenix reports more crime per resident than Paradise Valley: Phoenix grades D for safety and Paradise Valley B+. Phoenix’s police reported 7.6 violent and 22.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Paradise Valley?
Paradise Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Paradise Valley”. 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.