Photo: Tony the Marine · CC BY-SA 3.0Queen Creek reports less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025. The grade is B, built on crimes Queen Creek’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #11 of 55 graded towns in Arizona. What’s more, for every 1,000 residents, 1.3 violent crimes and 8.1 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Arizona, the figures are 4.4 and 18.8. None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Queen Creek
Queen Creek reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Arizona towns on Queen Creek’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Gilbert (B), Apache Junction (C), Mesa (C−). San Tan Valley 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 Queen Creek’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 80% of the 55 Arizona towns we grade, against 64% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Queen Creek’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Queen Creek | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Queen Creek’s police reported 336 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Queen Creek 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 2 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 | Queen Creek property | Rest of Arizona property | Queen Creek violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.9 | 22.5 | 1.5 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 8.5 | 20.5 | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| 2024 | 8.2 | 19.6 | 1.2 | 4.7 |
| 2025 | 7.7 | 16.3 | 1.6 | 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.
840 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.
145 violent and 695 property, as reported to the FBI by Queen Creek’s police.
21 people died in crashes on Queen Creek’s roads in 2019–2023
Queen Creek had 21 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 5.8 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.
Queen Creek and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Creek | B | 1.3 | 8.1 |
| San Tan Valley | — | — | — |
| Gilbert | B | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| Mesa | C− | 4.5 | 14.6 |
| Apache Junction | C | 4.1 | 14.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. San Tan Valley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Creek | B | 1.3 | 8.1 |
| Maricopa | B− | 2.4 | 8.1 |
| Yuma | C | 4.1 | 12.8 |
| Casa Grande | C− | 4.6 | 15.5 |
| Avondale | C− | 3.9 | 23.1 |
| Flagstaff | C− | 4.6 | 21.8 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to Queen Creek’s population (89,770), 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 Queen Creek. 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 Queen Creek’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (90,750 in 2025); our figure for Queen Creek is 89,770 (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 Queen Creek
Is Queen Creek, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Queen Creek reports less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #11 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 1.3 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 Queen Creek?
1.3 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.
How many homicides were there in Queen Creek in 2025?
Queen Creek’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 Queen Creek safer than Gilbert?
Gilbert reports more crime per resident than Queen Creek: Gilbert grades B for safety and Queen Creek B. Gilbert’s police reported 1.2 violent and 9.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Queen Creek?
Queen Creek’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Queen Creek”. 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.