The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Glendale, AZ
Glendale is the sixth-largest city in Arizona, with 315,600 residents in Maricopa County, about 12 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix · Updated November 2026
Is Glendale, AZ safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Glendale has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 79% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B against C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Glendale run from A to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 569 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
21% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Glendale as a whole, and 79% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Glendale scores 569.
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 Glendale, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters 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 Glendale
One part of Glendale stands out for robbery. Robberies in Alahambra & Downtown Glendale, in southeast Glendale, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Glendale, 44% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Glendale
Crime varies widely across Glendale: 54% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 26% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Glendale run from A to F; 12% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
54%20%26%
A or B 54%C 20%D or F 26%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Lexington Place, northwestAggravated assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Glendale.A-820
2Deer Valley, northeastThefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Glendale.A-813
3Windsor Square, Estrella & Pioneer Neighborhood Association, centralBurglaries run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Glendale.B-585
5Maryvale & Ironwood Terrace, southwestBurglaries run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Glendale.C+500
6Alahambra & Downtown Glendale, southeastBurglaries run at more than double the rate in the rest of Glendale.D162
Neighborhood areas of Glendale, ranked by overall 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 crime going up in Glendale?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Glendale 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 department that serves 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 Glendale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Glendale has about 46 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% more than the US as a whole and close to Arizona.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Glendale is assault, about 40% of the total. It also makes up 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.
Where and when crime happens in Glendale
Glendale has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Glendale, 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 Glendale compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Glendale, 7 have less crime. Sun City West and Litchfield Park have the least.
Glendale looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with crime.
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 75% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 73% 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 and assault. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 52% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.31% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 69% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 69% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Glendale: D+ (23 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 67% of US city residents
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 Glendale
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Glendale about $1,681 a year per household, 39% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $182 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 $615 million a year, or $1,948 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$40 million
$126
Rape
$9.9 million
$31
Robbery
$6.6 million
$21
Assault
$65 million
$205
Burglary
$8.0 million
$25
Theft
$26 million
$83
Vehicle theft
$19 million
$60
Arson
$800,000
$3
Vandalism
$7.5 million
$24
Total
$182 million
$578
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 Glendale 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 Glendale, AZ average a SchoolGrade of C: 31% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Glendale on SchoolGrade
