Nogales, AZ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Nogales, AZ Summary

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

  • There were 754 total crimes committed in Nogales in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,830.1 total crimes per 100K people in Nogales.
  • The overall crime rate in Nogales is 80.73% above the national average.
  • Nogales ranks #58 safest out of 65 cities in Arizona.
  • Nogales ranks #9,188 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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Nogales Vs Arizona And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Nogales is 3,830.1 per 100,000 people. That's 80.73% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 73.00% higher than the Arizona total crime rate of 2,214.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Nogales
/ 100k People
Arizona
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 754 3,830.1 2,214.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.9 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 64.6 61.0
Aggravated Assault 45 228.6 312.4 256.0
Violent Crime 45 228.6 421.9 359.0
Burglary 94 477.5 217.8 229.0
Larceny 451 2,291.0 1,329.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 164 833.1 244.4 259.0
Property Crime 709 3,601.5 1,792.1 1,760.0

Nogales 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 Nogales

45
Violent Crimes
228.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-36.33%
Below The National Average
  • There were 45 violent crimes in Nogales in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Nogales is 228.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 437.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Nogales each year. That compares to a 1 in 237.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -36.33% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -45.82% lower than the Arizona violent crime rate of 421.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Nogales

709
Property Crimes
3,601.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
104.63%
Above The National Average
  • There were 709 property crimes in Nogales in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Nogales is 3,601.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 27.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Nogales each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 104.63% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 100.97% higher than the Arizona property crime rate of 1,792.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Nogales

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Sierra Vista, AZ 44,119 830 1,881.3 1,663.7 217.6
Sahuarita, AZ 37,049 396 1,068.9 977.1 91.8

Nogales SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
4
Affordability
5
Diversity
4
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
4
Commute
8.5
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