The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Laveen, AZ
Laveen is a city of 70,300 in Maricopa County, about 7 miles southwest of downtown Phoenix · Updated November 2026
Is Laveen, AZ safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Laveen 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-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Laveen run from A- to F, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 589 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Laveen as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Laveen scores 589.
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 Laveen, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Laveen, 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 Laveen
Robbery stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 0.63 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Laveen has 1.3.
The safest and least safe parts of Laveen
Most of Laveen grades well: 55% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 4% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Laveen run from A- to F; every part of Laveen has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
55%41%
A or B 55%C 41%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Laveen, the southwest side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Laveen?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Laveen 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
LaveenUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Laveen. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Laveen
Violent, US
Property, Laveen
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 Laveen
CrimeGrade™ estimates Laveen has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 9% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Laveen, about 37% 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 Laveen compares with nearby cities
Of the 5 cities closest to Laveen, 3 have less crime. Tempe and Tolleson have the least.
Two things set Laveen apart: it has 4.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 13 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 95% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.13 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 95% 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. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 80% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 92% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.37% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 74% 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 Laveen: D+ (21 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 67% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Laveen on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Laveen
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Laveen about $2,036 a year per household, 69% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $126 million a year, or $1,796 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$7.2 million
$102
Rape
$1.5 million
$22
Robbery
$2.8 million
$39
Assault
$14 million
$193
Burglary
$2.0 million
$28
Theft
$5.4 million
$77
Vehicle theft
$3.2 million
$45
Arson
$100,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$20
Total
$37 million
$527
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 Laveen 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 Laveen, AZ average a SchoolGrade of D: 27% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Laveen on SchoolGrade
