Lake Havasu City, AZ Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Lake Havasu City, AZ Summary

Crime in Lake Havasu City research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Lake Havasu City 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 Lake Havasu City:

  • There were 967 total crimes committed in Lake Havasu City the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,634.4 total crimes per 100K people in Lake Havasu City.
  • The overall crime rate in Lake Havasu City is -29.68% below the national average.
  • Lake Havasu City ranks #29 safest out of 76 cities in Arizona.
  • Lake Havasu City ranks #5,697 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.

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Lake Havasu City Vs Arizona And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lake Havasu City is 1,634.4 per 100,000 people. That's -29.68% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -39.75% lower than the Arizona total crime rate of 2,712.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lake Havasu City
/ 100k People
Arizona
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 967 1,634.4 2,712.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.9 6.3
Robbery 2 3.4 83.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 126 213.0 350.2 268.2
Violent Crime 163 275.5 484.8 369.8
Burglary 91 153.8 330.0 269.8
Larceny 631 1,066.5 1,656.0 1,401.9
Car Theft 82 138.6 241.7 282.7
Property Crime 804 1,358.9 2,227.7 1,954.4

Lake Havasu City 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 Lake Havasu City

163
Violent Crimes
275.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-25.50%
Below The National Average
  • There were 163 violent crimes in Lake Havasu City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lake Havasu City is 275.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 363.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lake Havasu City each year. That compares to a 1 in 206.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -25.50% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -43.17% lower than the Arizona violent crime rate of 484.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lake Havasu City

804
Property Crimes
1,358.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-30.47%
Below The National Average
  • There were 804 property crimes in Lake Havasu City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lake Havasu City is 1,358.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 73.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lake Havasu City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -30.47% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -39.00% lower than the Arizona property crime rate of 2,227.7 per 100,000 people.

Lake Havasu City SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
5
Diversity
8
Safety
7
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
9
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