Deer Valley is a neighborhood of 188,800 residents in Phoenix, about 15 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Deer Valley in Phoenix safe?
Crime in Deer Valley is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Deer Valley. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. Phoenix as a whole grades C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Deer Valley run from A+ to D, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 759 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
37% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Deer Valley as a whole, and 63% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Deer Valley scores 759.
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 Deer Valley, Phoenix, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Deer Valley 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
How Deer Valley compares within Phoenix
Low crime is the norm across Deer Valley: 90% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 1% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Deer Valley run from A+ to D; 29% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
90%
A or B 90%C 9%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Deer Valley has less crime than 13 of the 19 neighborhoods in Phoenix. It covers much of the Deer Valley and North Mountain areas and the Desert Hills 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 Deer Valley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Deer Valley has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% less than the US as a whole and 41% less than 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Deer Valley, about 38% 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.
How Deer Valley compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Deer Valley, 6 have less crime. Desert Hills and North Gateway have the least.
Tree cover, walkability and night lighting in Deer Valley
Two things set Deer Valley apart: it has tree cover over 1% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D (12 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with little tree cover tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.1% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 91% 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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower 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 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 75% 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 Deer Valley
Crime costs Deer Valley about $1,007 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 16% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $73 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 $236 million a year, or $1,249 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 Deer Valley 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 Deer Valley, Phoenix, AZ average a SchoolGrade of A-: 46% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Deer Valley on SchoolGrade
