Photo: Mark Wagner · CC BY 2.5Safety in Sun City West, AZ: what is reported
Sun City West has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. Nearby, 3 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Surprise (B), 5 miles away.
The nearest Arizona towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Sun City West. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Sun City West.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
10 people died in crashes on Sun City West’s roads in 2019–2023
Sun City West had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died.
That is 7.3 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.
Sun City West and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surprise | B | 1.0 | 9.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Sun City West
Is Sun City West, AZ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Sun City West. The nearest Arizona towns with a grade are Surprise (B, 5 mi), El Mirage (C+, 6 mi), Peoria (C+, 9 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Sun City West.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.