Part 1 Crime Stats

Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Part 1 Crimes

Type of Crime
 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Homicide 1 6 0 1 1 1
 1 1 4
 3
Rape 17 14 8 9
 12 15
 7 14 13 18
Robbery 21 35 48 42 35 51
 62 47 32 44
Aggravated Assault
 69 99 62 64 60 69
 89 86 94 107
Burglary 358 534 595 529 437 617 521 402 355 417
Larceny/Theft 1612 1719 1752 1716 1441 1871
 1853 1573 1617 1672
Motor Vehicle Theft
288 240 208 167 93 108
 117 146 132 105
Arson 11 19 32 22 27 20
 13 8 13 23
Total Violent Crime
 108 154 118 116 108 136
 159 148 143 172
Total Property Crime
 2269 2512 2587 2434 1998 2616
 2504 2129 2117 2217
Total Part 1 Crimes
 2377 2666 2705 2550 2106 2752
 2663 2277 2260 2389
In 2015 the number of violent crimes increased 20% and the number of property crimes increased 5% compared to 2014.  Total Part 1 Crimes increased 6% in 2015 with 2,389 total Part 1 Crimes compared to 2,260 in 2014.  This comes out to a crime rate of 19.1 Part 1 Crimes per 1000 population in 2015 compared to a rate of 18.58 in 2014.
Year: Population: Part 1 Crimes:
 Rate Per 1000
2011 117,000 2,752 23.52
2012 119,181 2,663 22.34
2013 119,181 2,277 19.11
2014 121,627 2,260 18.58
2015 125,049 2,389 19.1
Surprise continues to be one of the lowest cities for crimes per 1000 residents in the Phoenix area.
There were a total of 38,671 calls for service in 2015 compared to 37,284 in 2014.