The 10 Most Dangerous Cities In Arizona

The 10 Most Dangerous Places To Live In Arizona For 2023

Globe retains its top spot on our list of Arizona’s most dangerous places for the second year running, thanks to high rates of both violent and property crime.

Folks in Globe had a 1 in 62 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in 2022, with a whopping 108 aggravated assaults reported.

Property crime also ranked as the third highest in Arizona, with 283 larcenies recorded over the year. Besides protecting your pockets and purses, you should also keep your doors locked here, because Globe also had the third highest burglary rate in Arizona.

If you want to drive as far away from Globe’s crime as possible, you’re in luck, because the Salt River Canyon Scenic Drive starts here.

Located on the west side of the Phoenix metro area, Tolleson is far from safe.

In fact, the total crime rate in Tolleson is the highest in Arizona, about four times higher than the national average.

That’s mostly because Tolleson’s residents had a 1 in 9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in 2022 — a crazy high rate. In other words, check to make sure you still have all your valuables after a hike at Monument Hill.

Violent crime is also a pretty big problem in Tolleson, considering the small city of 7,351 had 11 robberies and 55 aggravated assaults over the year.

Yet another city in Navajo County, Holbrook ranks as Arizona’s third most dangerous place. Holbrook is home to the Petrified Forest National Park, but the trees aren’t the only things that are petrified here.

Holbrook’s residents have good reason to be petrified, given that the city had the highest burglary rate in Arizona, with 71 such cases reported in 2022.

On top of that, folks in Holbrook had a 1 in 124 shot of being the victim of an attack, so it’s not the type of place you want to let your guard down.

The Eagles put Winslow on the map with their hit song “Take it Easy,” but folks in Winslow must have a tough time taking it easy with such high crime rates.

The violent crime rate in Winslow is more than twice as high as the national average, with 107 cases recorded in 2022. That’s super high for a city of just 9,298.

And it’s not like property crime in Winslow is much better; the city averaged more than one property crime per day over the year.

Page is a popular tourist spot thanks to all the great outdoors opportunities that surround it, but having random people come and go has contributed to the city’s high crime rate.

Certainly, a lot of that crime is stolen phones and wallets, given Page’s status as the place with the fourth highest rate of property crime in Arizona.

But there’s even more sinister stuff going down in Page. The city had the highest rate of rape cases and the sixth highest murder rate in Arizona. Overall, folks had a 1 in 122 chance of being violently attacked in Page in 2022.

Tucson bills itself as “America’s biggest small town,” but if small-town values imply low crime rates, then we’re calling shenanigans on that title.

Tucson residents have more to fear from criminals than any wildlife they might run into at Sabino Canyon, considering the city had the seventh highest violent crime rate in the state.

That includes the fourth highest rape rate and ninth highest murder rate in Arizona.

You also have to worry about your house or car getting broken into in Tucson, which recorded 2,097 burglaries and 1,878 car thefts in 2022.

A city of 187,473 located in Phoenix’s East Valley section, Tempe comes in as Arizona’s seventh most dangerous place to call home.

Tempe is home to Arizona State University, and while we’re not exactly blaming college students for the high crime rates, it can’t help having the population swell by up to 50,000 for the academic year.

Tempe had the fifth highest rate of rape cases in Arizona for 2022, but other violent crime stats here are actually not so bad.

The property crime rate, on the other hand, ranks as the fifth highest statewide.

From the top of Camelback Mountain, Phoenix looks peaceful, but it’s actually the eighth most dangerous place in Arizona.

Phoenix had the seventh highest rate of rape cases and eighth highest murder rate in Arizona. And those cases only make up a small proportion of the 13,515 violent crimes committed in Phoenix in 2022.

On top of that, residents of Phoenix faced a whopping 1 in 34 chance of having their stuff stolen or damaged, with a staggeringly high 6,266 burglaries and 7,633 car thefts.

Glendale, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, ranks as the ninth most dangerous place to live in the state for 2023. With a population of 250,466, Glendale reported 1,365 violent crimes, including 20 murders. Additionally, there were 8,115 property crimes.

Casa Grande, the tenth most dangerous place to live in Arizona, has a reputation for its high crime rates. With a population of 61,271, this city in Pinal County has seen a significant number of violent crimes, including 353 incidents, which include 5 murders. The overall crime rate in Casa Grande is a cause for concern, with 3,244/100k crimes per capita.

The property crime rate in Casa Grande is also alarmingly high, with 2,668/100k incidents reported per capita.

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