The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Show Low, AZ
Show Low is a city of 13,800 in Navajo County · Updated November 2026
Is Show Low, AZ safe?
Yes, crime in Show Low is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Show Low sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 43% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Show Low run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 798 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Show Low as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Show Low scores 798.
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 Show Low, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Show Low, 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 Show Low
Aggravated assault stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; Show Low has 5.9.
Burglaries are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Show Low runs 38% above the US rate, but burglaries run 34% below it: 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Show Low
Every part of Show Low where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Show Low run from A+ to B; 23% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Show Low, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Show Low?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Show Low is up 43% and property crime is down 22%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.2 to 7.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 29 to 23 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Show LowUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Show Low. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Show Low
Violent, US
Property, Show Low
Property, US
2016
-96%
+4%
+38%
+15%
2017
+5%
+4%
+35%
+12%
2018
+1%
+0%
+30%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+24%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
+14%
+6%
-22%
-10%
2022
+26%
+5%
-31%
-6%
2023
+50%
+2%
-28%
-7%
2024
+43%
-4%
-22%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Show Low
CrimeGrade™ estimates Show Low has about 51 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 38% more than the US as a whole and 29% more 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Show Low is assault, about 36% 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 Show Low
Show Low has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Show Low, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 33% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Other places (34%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Show Low compares with nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Show Low, 5 have less crime. Lakeside and Linden have the least.
Two things set Show Low apart: it has 16.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 47% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.16.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 92% 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.47% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 88% 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. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% 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.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 84% 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 Show Low: F (2 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 77% 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 Show Low
Crime costs Show Low about $1,510 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 25% 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 $28 million a year, or $2,047 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.4 million
$100
Rape
$230,000
$17
Robbery
$78,000
$6
Assault
$3.6 million
$261
Burglary
$190,000
$14
Theft
$1.1 million
$79
Vehicle theft
$380,000
$27
Arson
$42,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$95
Total
$8.3 million
$602
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 Show Low 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 Show Low, AZ average a SchoolGrade of B-: 35% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Show Low on SchoolGrade
