What is the crime rate in Payson, AZ?

In 2025, the Payson Police Department reported 48 violent crimes and 244 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 285 violent and 1,448 property crimes per 100,000 of the 16,854 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: 285
Property per 100,000: 1,448
Violent crimes: 48
Property crimes: 244

Crime reported by the Payson 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	52	310	325	1,936	16,783
2024	48	285	223	1,324	16,845
2025	48	285	244	1,448	16,854

Violent crimes reported went from 52 in 2023 to 48 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 325 in 2023 to 244 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.

Payson against Arizona and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Payson	285	1,448
Gila County	322	1,076
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 Payson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Payson	—	285	1,448
Scottsdale	50 mi	175	1,753
Sedona	50 mi	314	1,308
Cottonwood	52 mi	152	851

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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