Camelback East is a neighborhood of 136,900 residents in Phoenix, about 5 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Camelback East in Phoenix safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Camelback East has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 78% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B against B-. Phoenix as a whole grades C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Camelback East run from A to F, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 575 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Camelback East as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Camelback East scores 575.
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 Camelback East, Phoenix, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Camelback East in Phoenix, 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 Camelback East
Robbery at about triple the US rate. Camelback East has 1.9 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
How Camelback East compares within Phoenix
Safety changes a lot from one part of Camelback East to the next: 49% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 28% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across Camelback East run from A to F; 10% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
49%23%28%
A or B 49%C 23%D or F 28%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Camelback East has less crime than 11 of the 19 neighborhoods in Phoenix. It covers much of the Camelback East area.
Is crime going up in Phoenix?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Phoenix as a whole is up 13% and property crime is down 31%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 7.0 to 8.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 33 to 23 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
PhoenixUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Phoenix. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Phoenix
Violent, US
Property, Phoenix
Property, US
2016
-5%
+4%
+9%
+15%
2017
+9%
+4%
+11%
+12%
2018
+4%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+21%
+4%
-5%
-8%
2021
+20%
+6%
-10%
-10%
2022
+17%
+5%
-13%
-6%
2023
+12%
+2%
-25%
-7%
2024
+13%
-4%
-30%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Camelback East
CrimeGrade™ estimates Camelback East has about 56 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 49% more than the US as a whole and close to Phoenix 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Camelback East, about 37% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
How Camelback East compares with nearby neighborhoods
Camelback East has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Jobs, night lighting and walkability in Camelback East
Two things set Camelback East apart: it has 101 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 0.9 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and they run high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.101 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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%Lower than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 and assault.C (35 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 51% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 78% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 crime costs Camelback East
Crime costs Camelback East about $1,669 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 38% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $103 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $350 million a year, or $2,554 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 Camelback East 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 Camelback East, Phoenix, AZ average a SchoolGrade of C: 34% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Camelback East on SchoolGrade
