The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Goodyear, AZ
Goodyear is a city of 106,200 in Maricopa County, about 19 miles west of downtown Phoenix · Updated November 2026
Is Goodyear, AZ safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Goodyear is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Goodyear sits near the middle: 49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Goodyear run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 832 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Goodyear as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Goodyear scores 832.
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 Goodyear, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Goodyear, 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 Goodyear
Acts of vandalism run high for an A-graded city. Goodyear has 5.9 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 3.0.
The safest and least safe parts of Goodyear
Every part of Goodyear where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Goodyear run from A+ to B; 52% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Goodyear, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Goodyear?
Reported violent crime in Goodyear peaked in 2020 and has fallen 11% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 39% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.0 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 24 to 15 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 17% and property crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GoodyearUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Goodyear. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Goodyear
Violent, US
Property, Goodyear
Property, US
2016
+101%
+4%
+13%
+15%
2017
+32%
+4%
+21%
+12%
2018
+23%
+0%
+7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
-16%
-8%
2021
-10%
+6%
-16%
-10%
2022
-16%
+5%
-21%
-6%
2023
-22%
+2%
-31%
-7%
2024
-9%
-4%
-38%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Goodyear
CrimeGrade™ estimates Goodyear has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% less than the US as a whole and 21% less than 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.
Theft makes up about 41% of crime reported in Goodyear. Assault is less common but 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 Goodyear
Goodyear has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Goodyear, 47% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 43% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (48%)
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 Goodyear compares with nearby cities
Goodyear has less crime than 5 of its 7 nearest cities; only Rainbow Valley and Waddell have less.
Two things set Goodyear apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (8 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 6.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, yet theft and assault run higher here than that would suggest.
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. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 72% of US city residents
Show all 6
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.7.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 64% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.38 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 57% of US city residents
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.98% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 56% 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 Goodyear
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Goodyear about $950 a year per household, 21% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $31 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 $73 million a year, or $685 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.2 million
$21
Rape
$1.0 million
$10
Robbery
$480,000
$5
Assault
$11 million
$103
Burglary
$1.4 million
$14
Theft
$7.0 million
$66
Vehicle theft
$2.9 million
$27
Arson
$210,000
$2
Vandalism
$4.4 million
$42
Total
$31 million
$287
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 Goodyear 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 Goodyear, AZ average a SchoolGrade of B-: 35% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Goodyear on SchoolGrade
