The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Chinle, AZ: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Chinle

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Chinle. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Chinle, AZ Map of Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

F
F
Other Crime Grade
D

$4.95 million

Cost of Crime™ for Chinle, AZ

In 2025, crime will cost $3,038 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Chinle with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Chinle, AZ Safe?

The F overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Chinle's combined rate is much higher than the norm. Chinle sits in the 4th percentile, ahead of 4% of cities and behind 96%. The grade covers only Chinle's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Chinle is 65.27 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 10 in the southwest neighborhoods to 1 in 18 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the west parts of Chinle, AZ report the most crime, about 84 cases per year. The north part reports the fewest, around 11 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Chinle, AZ

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Chinle for 2025 is $4,953,923, about $962 per resident and $3,038 per household. That equals 4.8% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 54.9%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 33.7%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.3%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Chinle Compared to Other Cities?

Chinle, AZ: $962
Pinon, AZ: $975
Saddlebrooke, AZ: $203
Arizona: $452
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Chinle is $962 per year, which is $498 more than the national average and $509 more than Arizona's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Chinle:
  • In Pinon, AZ, crime costs $975 per person, which is $13 more than in Chinle.
  • In Saddlebrooke, AZ, crime costs $203 per person, which is $759 less than in Chinle

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Chinle for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Chinle
Cost per Chinle Resident
Murder
$1.36 million
$263
Rape/Sexual Assault
$233,911
$45
Robbery
$313,486
$61
Assault
$1.13 million
$219
Kidnapping
$103,198
$20
Vehicle Theft
$175,919
$34
Burglary
$247,591
$48
Theft
$923,937
$179
Arson
$15,011
$3
Vandalism
$295,950
$57
Animal Cruelty
$3,430
$1
Drug Crimes
$105,104
$20
Identity Theft
$53,857
$10
Total Cost of Crime
$4,953,923
$962

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Chinle, AZ

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Chinle totals $10,563,934 ($2,051 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $15,517,857 ($3,013 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The southwest part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which Chinle has 1, do the same, and of Chinle's 5,151 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Chinle Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Chinle residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
7.613
Robbery
1.935
Rape
0.7489
Murder
0.1401
Total Violent Crime
10.44 (F)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
34.63
Vehicle Theft
2.206
Burglary
5.300
Arson
0.1207
Total Property Crime
42.26 (F)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.3304
Drug Crimes
2.758
Vandalism
8.042
Identity Theft
1.351
Animal Cruelty
0.0900
Total "Other" Rate
12.57 (D)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Chinle is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Chinle.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D-
F
F
F
F
F
D-
F
D-
D-
D-
D-
F
F
F
F
F
F
D-
F
D-
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Chinle is higher versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
C
C
C
C+
B+
B+
C+
C
C
C-
B-
B-
F
F
F
B+
B+
B+
A+
A+
A+
C-
C-
C-
B+
A
A
C-
D
D

Considering only the crime rate, Chinle is less safe than the Arizona state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Chinle, AZ average SchoolGrade of N/A, with N/A% actual proficiency versus 23% projected; overall, schools N/A. See Chinle schools on SchoolGrade

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