ZIP 85305 is in Glendale, about 4 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is ZIP 85305 in Glendale safe?
Crime in ZIP 85305 is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than ZIP 85305. Violent and property crime both grade B here. Glendale as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within ZIP 85305 run from B+ to C+, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 682 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than ZIP 85305 as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. ZIP 85305 scores 682.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 ZIP 85305, Glendale, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 85305 in Glendale, 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 in ZIP 85305
Theft at more than double the US rate. ZIP 85305 has 29.1 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Glendale as a whole, 44% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
How ZIP 85305 compares within Glendale
Low crime is the norm across ZIP 85305: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across ZIP 85305 run from B+ to C+; every part of ZIP 85305 has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
86%14%
A or B 86%C 14%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 85305 has less crime than 4 of the 9 ZIP codes in Glendale. It covers much of the Maryvale and Ironwood Terrace areas.
Is crime going up in Glendale?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Glendale as a whole is up 41% and property crime is down 17%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.4 to 4.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 32 to 26 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GlendaleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Glendale. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Glendale
Violent, US
Property, Glendale
Property, US
2016
+43%
+4%
+63%
+15%
2017
+44%
+4%
+42%
+12%
2018
+37%
+0%
+27%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+32%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
+46%
+6%
-9%
-10%
2022
+60%
+5%
+4%
-6%
2023
+68%
+2%
-10%
-7%
2024
+41%
-4%
-17%
-15%
Crime rates and types in ZIP 85305
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 85305 has about 59 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 60% more than the US as a whole and 29% more than Glendale as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in ZIP 85305, about 49% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Glendale
The Glendale Police Department polices ZIP 85305; these figures cover Glendale as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Glendale as a whole, 60% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 46% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How ZIP 85305 compares with nearby ZIP codes
ZIP 85305 has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest ZIP codes; only ZIP 85381 and ZIP 85307 have less.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs ZIP 85305 about $2,308 a year per household, 91% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $33 million a year, or $1,768 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in ZIP 85305 means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in ZIP 85305, Glendale, AZ average a SchoolGrade of D-: 20% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in ZIP 85305 on SchoolGrade
