Arizona saw violent crime decrease in 2024

• The figures come as preliminary data from the country's largest cities in 2025 so far suggests violent crime could be heading to record modern lows.
• In addition, homicides in major cities fell during the first six months of 2025, compared with the same period last year.

By the numbers: In Arizona, reported violent crimes fell to 30,888 in 2024, from 31,563 in 2023.

• During that same period, property crimes dropped to 129,963, from 139,350.

Zoom in: As with many other major cities across the U.S., Phoenix experienced a decrease (to 59 from 66) in homicides in the first half of this year compared with 2024, per the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA).

• Aggravated assaults, rapes and robberies also fell during those six months.
• Mesa and Tucson, the other Arizona cities in the mid-year report, experienced slight upticks in homicides (an additional two per city) in the first six months of this year compared with 2024.
• However, both cities experienced decreases in other violent crimes.

Zoom out: The U.S. had a violent crime rate of 359.1 per 100,000 residents last year, the FBI said.

• That surpassed the lowest violent crime rate since 2014, when it was 372.4 per 100,000 residents, and many cities saw 30-year lows, an Axios analysis found.

• Meanwhile, the nation's property crime rate dropped to 1,760.1 per 100,000 residents last year. That's also a 20-year low, per an Axios analysis of FBI numbers.

Between the lines: Overall violent crime dropped by 4.5% and all property crime decreased 8.1% from 2024 to 2023, the FBI said.

The intrigue: The FBI announcement made no mention of crime rates falling to 20-year lows — and didn't give out the crime rates per 100,000 residents, as it does each year.

• The FBI also didn't explain what's behind the drops.