Cottonwood, AZ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Cottonwood, AZ Summary

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

  • There were 187 total crimes committed in Cottonwood in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,391.3 total crimes per 100K people in Cottonwood.
  • The overall crime rate in Cottonwood is -34.35% below the national average.
  • Cottonwood ranks #23 safest out of 65 cities in Arizona.
  • Cottonwood ranks #5,732 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Cottonwood Vs Arizona And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cottonwood is 1,391.3 per 100,000 people. That's -34.35% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -37.16% lower than the Arizona total crime rate of 2,214.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cottonwood
/ 100k People
Arizona
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 187 1,391.3 2,214.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.9 5.0
Robbery 3 22.3 64.6 61.0
Aggravated Assault 25 186.0 312.4 256.0
Violent Crime 30 223.2 421.9 359.0
Burglary 18 133.9 217.8 229.0
Larceny 127 944.9 1,329.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 12 89.3 244.4 259.0
Property Crime 157 1,168.1 1,792.1 1,760.0

Cottonwood Crime Compared To Arizona Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Arizona.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Cottonwood

30
Violent Crimes
223.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-37.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 30 violent crimes in Cottonwood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cottonwood is 223.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 448.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cottonwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 237.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -37.83% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -47.10% lower than the Arizona violent crime rate of 421.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cottonwood

157
Property Crimes
1,168.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-33.63%
Below The National Average
  • There were 157 property crimes in Cottonwood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cottonwood is 1,168.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 85.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cottonwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -33.63% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.82% lower than the Arizona property crime rate of 1,792.1 per 100,000 people.

Cottonwood SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
3
Diversity
8
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
9
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