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On crimes reported to the FBI by Williams’ police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #48 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’s behind Williams’ 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
Williams’ police reported 69 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.4 in the rest of Arizona and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Williams | Rest of Arizona | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 18 property crimes reported
And about 8 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 | Williams property | Rest of Arizona property | Williams violent | Rest of Arizona violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.6 | 22.3 | 8.1 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 25.4 | 19.5 | 6.2 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 17.5 | 16.2 | 7.9 | 3.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
90 crimes reported in 2025
28 violent and 62 property, as reported to the FBI by Williams’ 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 Williams’s roads in 2019–2023
Williams had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 1 was a cyclist. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 71.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Arizona towns of 2,500–5,000 people (11.3, 46 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.
Williams and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Red Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams | D | 6.5 | 21.0 |
| Parker | C+ | 2.4 | 15.1 |
| Willcox | C | 3.1 | 13.4 |
| Colorado City | C− | 4.0 | 17.5 |
| Superior | C− | 3.0 | 28.6 |
| Pinetop-Lakeside | D | 8.6 | 30.4 |
The five graded Arizona towns closest to Williams’ population (3,473), 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 Williams. 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 Williams’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,552 in 2025); our figure for Williams is 3,473 (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 Williams
Is Williams, AZ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Williams reports more crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #48 of 55 in Arizona. Its police reported 6.5 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 Williams?
6.5 violent and 21.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arizona reports 4.4 and 18.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Williams?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Williams?
Williams’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Williams”. 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.