Buckeye, AZ Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Buckeye, AZ Summary

Crime in Buckeye research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Buckeye over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Buckeye:

  • There were 1,346 total crimes committed in Buckeye the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,223.6 total crimes per 100K people in Buckeye.
  • The overall crime rate in Buckeye is -47.35% below the national average.
  • Buckeye ranks #21 safest out of 76 cities in Arizona.
  • Buckeye ranks #4,466 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

Additional research about crime in Arizona

Buckeye Vs Arizona And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Buckeye is 1,223.6 per 100,000 people. That's -47.35% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -54.89% lower than the Arizona total crime rate of 2,712.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Buckeye
/ 100k People
Arizona
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,346 1,223.6 2,712.5 2,324.2
Murder 1 0.9 6.9 6.3
Robbery 7 6.4 83.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 144 130.9 350.2 268.2
Violent Crime 205 186.4 484.8 369.8
Burglary 141 128.2 330.0 269.8
Larceny 885 804.5 1,656.0 1,401.9
Car Theft 115 104.5 241.7 282.7
Property Crime 1,141 1,037.3 2,227.7 1,954.4

Buckeye Crime Compared To Arizona Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Arizona.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Buckeye

205
Violent Crimes
186.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-49.61%
Below The National Average
  • There were 205 violent crimes in Buckeye in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Buckeye is 186.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 536.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Buckeye each year. That compares to a 1 in 206.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -49.61% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -61.56% lower than the Arizona violent crime rate of 484.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Buckeye

1,141
Property Crimes
1,037.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-46.93%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,141 property crimes in Buckeye in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Buckeye is 1,037.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 96.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Buckeye each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -46.93% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -53.44% lower than the Arizona property crime rate of 2,227.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Buckeye

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Chandler, AZ 281,373 5,599 1,989.9 1,807.6 182.3
Scottsdale, AZ 245,886 6,319 2,569.9 2,355.6 214.3
Peoria, AZ 197,894 3,120 1,576.6 1,381.5 195.1
Tempe, AZ 187,473 9,221 4,918.6 4,334.5 584.1
Surprise, AZ 154,128 2,345 1,521.5 1,403.4 118.1
Goodyear, AZ 107,212 2,176 2,029.6 1,860.8 168.8
Avondale, AZ 91,467 3,272 3,577.2 3,157.4 419.8
Maricopa, AZ 66,525 632 950.0 762.1 187.9
Santa Cruz, CA 61,650 2,673 4,335.8 3,610.7 725.1
El Mirage, AZ 36,039 630 1,748.1 1,417.9 330.2

Buckeye SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
10
Safety
3
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
8
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