What is the crime rate in Mesa, AZ?

In 2025, the Mesa Police Department reported 2,210 violent crimes and 6,792 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 425 violent and 1,306 property crimes per 100,000 of the 519,990 residents it serves.

Across Arizona the rates were 385 and 1,543.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 425
Property per 100,000: 1,306
Violent crimes: 2,210
Property crimes: 6,792

Crime reported by the Mesa Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	2,299	446	8,521	1,652	515,848
2024	2,501	487	7,643	1,488	513,585
2025	2,210	425	6,792	1,306	519,990

Violent crimes reported went from 2,299 in 2023 to 2,210 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 8,521 in 2023 to 6,792 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Mesa against Arizona and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Mesa	425	1,306
Maricopa County	431	1,675
Arizona	385	1,543
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Mesa, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Mesa	—	425	1,306
Gilbert	6.4 mi	117	878
Apache Junction	10 mi	301	1,117
Chandler	11 mi	124	1,231
Queen Creek	13 mi	158	779
Paradise Valley	18 mi	24	609
Scottsdale	21 mi	175	1,753
Phoenix	25 mi	697	2,052
Glendale	29 mi	438	2,354

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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