Photo: Ixnayonthetimmay · CC BY-SA 4.0Show Low reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Show Low’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #49 of 55 graded towns in 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 Show Low
Show Low reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Arizona towns on Show Low’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Pinetop-Lakeside (D). Wagon Wheel, Linden and White Mountain Lake are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Show Low’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Show Low’s police reported 252 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Arizona and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Show Low | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 27 property crimes reported
And about 5 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 | Show Low property | Rest of Arizona property | Show Low violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.1 | 22.3 | 6.6 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 8.3 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 22.6 | 19.5 | 7.4 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 26.6 | 16.2 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
393 crimes reported in 2025
60 violent and 333 property, as reported to the FBI by Show Low’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
12 people died in crashes on Show Low’s roads in 2019–2023
Show Low had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 19.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Arizona towns of 5,000–25,000 people (8.1, 56 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.
Show Low and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Show Low | D | 6.8 | 23.3 |
| Wagon Wheel | — | — | — |
| Linden | — | — | — |
| Pinetop-Lakeside | D | 8.6 | 30.4 |
| White Mountain Lake | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wagon Wheel, Linden and White Mountain Lake are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Arizona towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Show Low | D | 6.8 | 23.3 |
| Chino Valley | A− | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| Somerton | A− | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| Paradise Valley | B+ | 0.6 | 9.5 |
| Camp Verde | B− | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| Cottonwood | B− | 2.1 | 11.5 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to Show Low’s population (12,471), 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 Show Low. 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 Show Low’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,521 in 2025); our figure for Show Low is 12,471 (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 Show Low
Is Show Low, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Show Low reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #49 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 6.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Arizona and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Show Low?
6.8 violent and 23.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arizona reports 4.3 and 18.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Show Low?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Show Low safer than Pinetop-Lakeside?
Pinetop-Lakeside reports more crime per resident than Show Low: Pinetop-Lakeside grades D for safety and Show Low D. Pinetop-Lakeside’s police reported 8.6 violent and 30.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Show Low?
Show Low’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Show Low”. 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.