Prescott, AZ Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Prescott, AZ Summary

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

  • There were 828 total crimes committed in Prescott the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,729.4 total crimes per 100K people in Prescott.
  • The overall crime rate in Prescott is -25.59% below the national average.
  • Prescott ranks #30 safest out of 76 cities in Arizona.
  • Prescott ranks #5,923 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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Prescott Vs Arizona And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Prescott is 1,729.4 per 100,000 people. That's -25.59% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -36.24% lower than the Arizona total crime rate of 2,712.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Prescott
/ 100k People
Arizona
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 828 1,729.4 2,712.5 2,324.2
Murder 1 2.1 6.9 6.3
Robbery 8 16.7 83.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 162 338.4 350.2 268.2
Violent Crime 192 401.0 484.8 369.8
Burglary 127 265.3 330.0 269.8
Larceny 474 990.0 1,656.0 1,401.9
Car Theft 35 73.1 241.7 282.7
Property Crime 636 1,328.4 2,227.7 1,954.4

Prescott 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 Prescott

192
Violent Crimes
401.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
8.44%
Above The National Average
  • There were 192 violent crimes in Prescott in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Prescott is 401.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 249.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Prescott each year. That compares to a 1 in 206.3 chance statewide.
  • That's 8.44% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -17.28% lower than the Arizona violent crime rate of 484.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Prescott

636
Property Crimes
1,328.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-32.03%
Below The National Average
  • There were 636 property crimes in Prescott in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Prescott is 1,328.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 75.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Prescott each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -32.03% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -40.37% lower than the Arizona property crime rate of 2,227.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Prescott

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Prescott Valley, AZ 49,422 512 1,036.0 752.7 283.3
Chino Valley, AZ 13,875 83 598.2 497.3 100.9
Cottonwood, AZ 12,680 302 2,381.7 2,042.6 339.1
Camp Verde, AZ 12,362 193 1,561.2 1,375.2 186.1
Sedona, AZ 9,829 208 2,116.2 1,739.7 376.4
Wickenburg, AZ 7,868 166 2,109.8 2,008.1 101.7
Clarkdale, AZ 4,815 39 810.0 643.8 166.1

Prescott SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
6
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
9.5
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