What is the crime rate in Scottsdale, AZ?

In 2025, the Scottsdale Police Department reported 433 violent crimes and 4,334 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 175 violent and 1,753 property crimes per 100,000 of the 247,258 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: 175
Property per 100,000: 1,753
Violent crimes: 433
Property crimes: 4,334

Crime reported by the Scottsdale 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	431	177	5,479	2,249	243,644
2024	379	155	4,607	1,879	245,237
2025	433	175	4,334	1,753	247,258

Violent crimes reported went from 431 in 2023 to 433 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 5,479 in 2023 to 4,334 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.

Scottsdale against Arizona and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Scottsdale	175	1,753
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 Scottsdale, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Scottsdale	—	175	1,753
Paradise Valley	11 mi	24	609
Phoenix	15 mi	697	2,052
Mesa	21 mi	425	1,306
Glendale	22 mi	438	2,354
Gilbert	27 mi	117	878
El Mirage	28 mi	254	1,098
Chandler	28 mi	124	1,231
Apache Junction	28 mi	301	1,117

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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