Gilbert is the fourth-largest city in Arizona, with 290,500 residents in Maricopa County, about 20 miles southeast of downtown Phoenix · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Gilbert?
Gilbert earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 50% of Americans live. Theft makes up 53% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 822 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Gilbert as a whole, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gilbert scores 822.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Gilbert, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gilbert, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Gilbert
One part of Gilbert stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Heritage District, Central Mesa & Southwest Mesa, in northwest Gilbert, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Burglaries are uncommon. Gilbert has burglaries at less than half the US rate: 0.83 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Gilbert
Every part of Gilbert where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Gilbert run from A to B-.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Power Ranch, southeastCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Gilbert.A870
2Southeast Mesa, northeastActs of vandalism run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Gilbert.A848
3The Gardens & Copper Ranch, eastCar thefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Gilbert.A-826
4The Islands, westCar thefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Gilbert.A-810
Neighborhood areas of Gilbert, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Gilbert?
Reported property crime in Gilbert has fallen 25% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 12 to 9.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
GilbertUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Gilbert. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Gilbert
Property, US
2016
+16%
+15%
2017
+12%
+12%
2018
+9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-15%
-8%
2021
-13%
-10%
2022
-19%
-6%
2023
-25%
-7%
2024
-25%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Gilbert
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gilbert has about 16 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 34% less than the US as a whole and 35% less than Arizona.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Gilbert, about 53% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Gilbert Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of vandalism; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Gilbert
Gilbert has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Gilbert, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 36% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Gilbert and nearby cities
Gilbert has less property crime than 4 of its 6 nearest cities; only Queen Creek and Sun Lakes have less.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in Gilbert
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Gilbert apart: it has 3.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs low here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 72% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 69% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.36 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 60% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.19% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 57% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Gilbert on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Gilbert
Property crime costs Gilbert about $30 million a year, or $102 per resident and about $319 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$2.2 million
$7
Theft
$12 million
$43
Vehicle theft
$3.0 million
$10
Arson
$230,000
$1
Vandalism
$12 million
$41
Total
$30 million
$102
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
