Photo: CZfromPV · CC BY-SA 4.0Prescott Valley records more violent crime per head than 68% of U.S. towns
Taking everything together, Prescott Valley scores B− (#20 of 55 graded towns in Arizona): close to the middle of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Behind the grade sit 2.6 violent crimes and 7.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 4.4 and 18.7 in the rest of Arizona.
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 Prescott Valley
Prescott Valley reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Arizona towns on Prescott Valley’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Prescott (C). Dewey-Humboldt has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Arizona towns, higher
Arizona’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Prescott Valley’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 64% of the 55 Arizona towns we grade, against 50% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Prescott Valley’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Prescott Valley’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.6) 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
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| Year | Prescott Valley | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Prescott Valley’s police reported 404 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 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 Prescott 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Prescott Valley property | Rest of Arizona property | Prescott Valley violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.5 | 22.5 | 2.8 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 20.4 | 2.6 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 7.7 | 19.6 | 2.2 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 16.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
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.
517 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.
158 violent and 359 property, as reported to the FBI by Prescott Valley’s police.
17 people died in crashes on Prescott Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
Prescott Valley had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 6.9 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.
Prescott Valley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott Valley | B− | 2.6 | 7.9 |
| Dewey-Humboldt | — | — | — |
| Prescott | C | 3.7 | 12.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dewey-Humboldt has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Arizona towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott Valley | B− | 2.6 | 7.9 |
| Oro Valley | B+ | 0.6 | 10.7 |
| Sierra Vista | C+ | 2.1 | 15.7 |
| Lake Havasu City | C+ | 3.1 | 12.2 |
| Apache Junction | C | 4.1 | 14.1 |
| Bullhead City | C− | 4.0 | 19.6 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to Prescott Valley’s population (52,423), 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 Prescott Valley. 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 Prescott Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (52,622 in 2025); our figure for Prescott Valley is 52,423 (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 Prescott Valley
Is Prescott Valley, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Prescott Valley reports less crime per resident than 50% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #20 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 2.6 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 Prescott Valley?
2.6 violent and 7.9 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 Prescott Valley in 2025?
Prescott Valley’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.
Is Prescott Valley safer than Prescott?
Prescott reports more crime per resident than Prescott Valley: Prescott grades C for safety and Prescott Valley B−. Prescott’s police reported 3.7 violent and 12.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Prescott Valley?
Prescott Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Prescott 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.