Wickenburg, AZ Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Wickenburg, AZ Summary

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

  • There were 166 total crimes committed in Wickenburg the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,109.8 total crimes per 100K people in Wickenburg.
  • The overall crime rate in Wickenburg is -9.22% below the national average.
  • Wickenburg ranks #38 safest out of 76 cities in Arizona.
  • Wickenburg ranks #6,766 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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Wickenburg Vs Arizona And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wickenburg is 2,109.8 per 100,000 people. That's -9.22% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -22.22% lower than the Arizona total crime rate of 2,712.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wickenburg
/ 100k People
Arizona
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 166 2,109.8 2,712.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.9 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 83.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 7 89.0 350.2 268.2
Violent Crime 8 101.7 484.8 369.8
Burglary 29 368.6 330.0 269.8
Larceny 110 1,398.1 1,656.0 1,401.9
Car Theft 19 241.5 241.7 282.7
Property Crime 158 2,008.1 2,227.7 1,954.4

Wickenburg 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 Wickenburg

8
Violent Crimes
101.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-72.50%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Wickenburg in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wickenburg is 101.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 983.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wickenburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 206.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -72.50% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -79.03% lower than the Arizona violent crime rate of 484.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wickenburg

158
Property Crimes
2,008.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
2.75%
Above The National Average
  • There were 158 property crimes in Wickenburg in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wickenburg is 2,008.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 49.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wickenburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 2.75% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -9.85% lower than the Arizona property crime rate of 2,227.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wickenburg

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Phoenix, AZ 1,637,902 61,045 3,727.0 2,901.9 825.1
Glendale, AZ 250,466 9,480 3,784.9 3,240.0 545.0
Peoria, AZ 197,894 3,120 1,576.6 1,381.5 195.1
Surprise, AZ 154,128 2,345 1,521.5 1,403.4 118.1
Buckeye, AZ 110,002 1,346 1,223.6 1,037.3 186.4
Prescott Valley, AZ 49,422 512 1,036.0 752.7 283.3
El Mirage, AZ 36,039 630 1,748.1 1,417.9 330.2
Litchfield Park, AZ 6,989 108 1,545.3 1,273.4 271.9

Wickenburg SnackAbility

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