Somerton, AZ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Somerton, AZ Summary

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

  • There were 104 total crimes committed in Somerton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 706.7 total crimes per 100K people in Somerton.
  • The overall crime rate in Somerton is -66.65% below the national average.
  • Somerton ranks #7 safest out of 65 cities in Arizona.
  • Somerton ranks #3,197 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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Somerton Vs Arizona And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Somerton is 706.7 per 100,000 people. That's -66.65% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -68.08% lower than the Arizona total crime rate of 2,214.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Somerton
/ 100k People
Arizona
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 104 706.7 2,214.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.9 5.0
Robbery 1 6.8 64.6 61.0
Aggravated Assault 25 169.9 312.4 256.0
Violent Crime 26 176.7 421.9 359.0
Burglary 3 20.4 217.8 229.0
Larceny 63 428.1 1,329.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 12 81.5 244.4 259.0
Property Crime 78 530.0 1,792.1 1,760.0

Somerton 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 Somerton

26
Violent Crimes
176.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-50.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 26 violent crimes in Somerton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Somerton is 176.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 566.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Somerton each year. That compares to a 1 in 237.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -50.79% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -58.13% lower than the Arizona violent crime rate of 421.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Somerton

78
Property Crimes
530.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-69.89%
Below The National Average
  • There were 78 property crimes in Somerton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Somerton is 530.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 188.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Somerton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -69.89% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -70.43% lower than the Arizona property crime rate of 1,792.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Somerton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Yuma, AZ 101,989 1,704 1,670.8 1,247.2 423.6
San Luis, AZ 38,809 247 636.5 548.8 87.6
Calexico, CA 38,106 260 682.3 535.3 147.0
Holtville, CA 5,541 23 415.1 379.0 36.1

Somerton SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
7
Affordability
7
Diversity
3
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
4
Commute
8
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