Designed to be a comfortable and safe place for middle class families, the “Pleasantville” vibe just never really took hold in this neighborhood. In the 1950’s, Maryvale was mapped out and projected to be Phoenix’s first master planned community.
The downtown area was designed with walkability in mind for just this reason, and many find it to be completely comfortable to visit, even if they wouldn’t want to live there. Midday on a Saturday during a ballgame is probably totally fine, but the same area at 11:00 pm when fewer people are around might be a different story. With the traffic that downtown draws, there are definitely times of the day in which the area is safer than others. Within Central Village is the Downtown Phoenix area, including Chase Field, where sporting events are held. The crime rate in Central Village is over 500% higher than the national average, a hard fact that can be particularly hard to swallow. Still, it’s extremely common to see break-ins, muggings, and even shootings in this area. Central Village has been riddled with crime for decades, but it’s actually getting better as the years go by. Unfortunately, like many highly populated inner city areas, the further you get into dense populations, the higher the crime rates go. The historic infrastructure can be really interesting, and there are some really beautiful old homes in this area. It’s also one of the oldest areas of town. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Phoenix is one in 189.Five Worst Neighborhoods to avoid liviing in in PhoenixĬentral Village is consistently rated the least safe neighborhood in Phoenix. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. Importantly, we found that Phoenix has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. In Phoenix, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 29, which is a rate of 34 per one thousand population. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Phoenix is property crime. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Phoenix is one in 118. Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon.
This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Phoenix.įor Phoenix, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Now let us turn to take a look at how Phoenix does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. So, whether Phoenix's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics. How does the crime rate in Phoenix compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Phoenix with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. Within Arizona, more than 94% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Phoenix. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 23. With a crime rate of 43 per one thousand residents, Phoenix has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities.
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