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Phoenix, AZ · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Phoenix

Phoenix ranks #57 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 58 — Fun. That puts it in the 58th percentile nationally and #7 of 8 in Arizona.

safety score
58
Fun
National rank
#57 of 134
In Arizona
#7 of 8
Percentile
58th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Phoenix sits 8 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Phoenix

  1. T#55 Bakersfield, CA 59
  2. T#55 Gatlinburg, TN 59
  3. #57 Phoenix, AZ — this page 58
  4. #58 Miami, FL 57
  5. T#59 Pittsburgh, PA 56

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Phoenix

Phoenix scores 40 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: