El Mirage, AZ Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In El Mirage, AZ Summary

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

  • There were 630 total crimes committed in El Mirage the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,748.1 total crimes per 100K people in El Mirage.
  • The overall crime rate in El Mirage is -24.79% below the national average.
  • El Mirage ranks #31 safest out of 76 cities in Arizona.
  • El Mirage ranks #5,960 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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El Mirage Vs Arizona And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in El Mirage is 1,748.1 per 100,000 people. That's -24.79% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -35.55% lower than the Arizona total crime rate of 2,712.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
El Mirage
/ 100k People
Arizona
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 630 1,748.1 2,712.5 2,324.2
Murder 5 13.9 6.9 6.3
Robbery 10 27.7 83.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 98 271.9 350.2 268.2
Violent Crime 119 330.2 484.8 369.8
Burglary 38 105.4 330.0 269.8
Larceny 409 1,134.9 1,656.0 1,401.9
Car Theft 64 177.6 241.7 282.7
Property Crime 511 1,417.9 2,227.7 1,954.4

El Mirage 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 El Mirage

119
Violent Crimes
330.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-10.71%
Below The National Average
  • There were 119 violent crimes in El Mirage in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in El Mirage is 330.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 302.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in El Mirage each year. That compares to a 1 in 206.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -10.71% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -31.89% lower than the Arizona violent crime rate of 484.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In El Mirage

511
Property Crimes
1,417.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-27.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 511 property crimes in El Mirage in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in El Mirage is 1,417.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 70.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in El Mirage each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -27.45% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -36.35% lower than the Arizona property crime rate of 2,227.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around El Mirage

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
Avondale, AZ 91,467 3,272 3,577.2 3,157.4 419.8
Tolleson, AZ 7,351 882 11,998.4 10,964.5 1,033.9
Litchfield Park, AZ 6,989 108 1,545.3 1,273.4 271.9

El Mirage SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
4
Commute
5
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