The 10 Most Dangerous Cities In Arizona

The 10 Most Dangerous Places To Live In Arizona For 2025

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 10 chance of being the victim of a property crime in 2024 — 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 7,141 had 9 robberies and 50 aggravated assaults over the year.

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 123 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in 2024, with a whopping 52 aggravated assaults reported.

Property crime also ranked as the second highest in Arizona, with 346 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.

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 68 cases recorded in 2024. That’s super high for a city of just 8,362.

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 third highest rate of property crime in Arizona.

But there’s even more sinister stuff going down in Page. The city had the fifth highest rate of rape cases and the 4highest murder rate in Arizona. Overall, folks had a 1 in 182 chance of being violently attacked in Page in 2024.

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 sixth highest violent crime rate in the state.

That includes the 13th 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 1,629 burglaries and 2,830 car thefts in 2024.

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

Phoenix had the sixth highest rate of rape cases and fifth highest murder rate in Arizona. And those cases only make up a small proportion of the 13,296 violent crimes committed in Phoenix in 2024.

On top of that, residents of Phoenix faced a whopping 1 in 43 chance of having their stuff stolen or damaged, with a staggeringly high 5,274 burglaries and 7,084 car thefts.

Show Low represents the hometown for George Takei, Star Trek’s Sulu. That isn’t it’s only claim to fame. The area also has a wild west history. Established in 1870, the town got its name as the result of a legendary poker game.

A bit of this rowdy reputation continues in modern times. Located in the eastern part of the state, the community also counts as the number 7 most dangerous spot in Arizona.

For a town with only 12,341 people, the area recorded 91 violent crimes. This included 4 sexual assaults, giving it the number 23 highest rate of this crime in the state.

Glendale, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, ranks as the eighth most dangerous place to live in the state for 2025. With a population of 255,512, Glendale reported 1,248 violent crimes, including 20 murders. Additionally, there were 6,824 property crimes.

A city of 191,376 located in Phoenix’s East Valley section, Tempe comes in as Arizona’s ninth 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 second highest rate of rape cases in Arizona for 2024, but other violent crime stats here are actually not so bad.

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

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