What is the crime rate in Surprise, AZ?

In 2025, the Surprise Police Department reported 149 violent crimes and 1,359 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 86 violent and 781 property crimes per 100,000 of the 173,922 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: 86
Property per 100,000: 781
Violent crimes: 149
Property crimes: 1,359

Crime reported by the Surprise 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	160	100	2,004	1,258	159,346
2024	178	109	1,444	885	163,202
2025	149	86	1,359	781	173,922

Violent crimes reported went from 160 in 2023 to 149 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,004 in 2023 to 1,359 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.

Surprise against Arizona and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Surprise	86	781
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 Surprise, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Surprise	—	86	781
El Mirage	9.1 mi	254	1,098
Litchfield Park	13 mi	306	1,167
Glendale	18 mi	438	2,354
Tolleson	19 mi	459	4,756
Buckeye	20 mi	159	755
Phoenix	22 mi	697	2,052
Avondale	26 mi	341	2,248
Wickenburg	28 mi	108	863

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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