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Maricopa County, AZ Arrest Records

Maricopa County, AZ is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.27 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has lower total crime rate than Pima, Pinal, Yavapai, Cochise, Yuma counties in Arizona.
Maricopa County, AZ property crime rate is 1.26 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 3,455 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that increased by 4.03% compared to 2015.

Maricopa County, AZ Crime Rate

Total arrests in Maricopa County in 2016 increased by 4.33% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes increased from 1,053 to 1,146 while non-violent crime increased by 3.41% from 5,188 to 5,365.

5 Crimes In Maricopa County, AZ in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 3,455
Burglary 1,250
Aggravated assault 914
Motor vehicle theft 660
Robbery 110

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Maricopa County increased by 8.83% from 2015 and increased by 29.64% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 884 to 1,146. In 2016 violent crime rate in Maricopa County was 94.24% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.027%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Maricopa County increased by 3.41% from 2015 and increased by 8.27% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 4,955 to 5,365. In 2016 property crime rate in Maricopa County was 95.55% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.126%.

How Maricopa stands up against other counties

Maricopa vs. Pima

You’ll be in more safety in Maricopa compared to Pima county that had 514.85% higher crime rate compared to Maricopa county according to the FBI.
Robbery rates of 0.0259 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 1.3602 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.1693 in Pima county.
Larceny rates of 0.8143 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 20.5437 per 1,000 people and lower than average 6.5538 in Pima county.

Maricopa vs. Pinal

You’ll be in more safety in Maricopa compared to Pinal county that had 196.3% higher crime rate compared to Maricopa county according to the FBI.
Rape rates of 0.0236 per 1,000 people is higher than national of 0.0199 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.1051 in Pinal county.
Motor Vehicle Theft rates of 0.1556 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8637 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.5041 in Pinal county.

Names with the most arrests in Maricopa

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Maricopa, Arizona, the most crimes, that's 40.14% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Maricopa County is 0.95% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 0.42 daily crimes that occur in Maricopa County.
  • Maricopa, AZ is safer than Pima.
  • In Maricopa County you have a 1 in 652 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Maricopa, AZ have increased by 4.33%.

Maricopa Police Departments

Cities in Maricopa County

Names in Maricopa County