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Pima County, AZ Arrest Records

Pima County, AZ is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.64 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has higher total crime rate than Maricopa, Pinal, Yavapai, Cochise, Yuma counties in Arizona.
Pima County, AZ property crime rate is 8.79 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 6,660 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that decreased by 4.94% compared to 2015.

Pima County, AZ Crime Rate

Total arrests in Pima County in 2016 decreased by 1.25% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes increased from 566 to 652 while non-violent crime decreased by 2.26% from 9,143 to 8,936.

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

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 6,660
Burglary 1,674
Motor vehicle theft 602
Aggravated assault 385
Robbery 172

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Pima County increased by 15.19% from 2015 and increased by 7.41% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 607 to 652. In 2016 violent crime rate in Pima County was 86.33% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.064%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Pima County decreased by 2.26% from 2015 and decreased by 23.7% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 11,711 to 8,936. In 2016 property crime rate in Pima County was 69.06% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.879%.

How Pima stands up against other counties

Pima vs. Pinal

You’ll be in more risk in Pima compared to Pinal county that had 51.81% lower crime rate compared to Pima county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.0177 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0096 in Pinal county.
Motor Vehicle Theft rates of 0.5924 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8637 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.5041 in Pinal county.

Pima vs. Yavapai

You’ll be in more risk in Pima compared to Yavapai county that had 41.08% lower crime rate compared to Pima county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.3789 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.8468 in Yavapai county.
Larceny rates of 6.5538 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 20.5437 per 1,000 people and higher than average 2.8950 in Yavapai county.

Names with the most arrests in Pima

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Pima, Arizona, the most crimes, that's 36.66% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Pima County is 0.72% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 2.58 daily crimes that occur in Pima County.
  • Pima, AZ is more violent than Pinal.
  • In Pima County you have a 1 in 106 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Pima, AZ have decreased by 1.25%.

Pima Police Departments

Cities in Pima County

Names in Pima County