South Scottsdale is a neighborhood of 94,800 residents in Scottsdale, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is South Scottsdale in Scottsdale safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in South Scottsdale is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so South Scottsdale sits near the middle: 43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. Scottsdale as a whole grades A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within South Scottsdale run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 802 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than South Scottsdale as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. South Scottsdale scores 802.
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 South Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in South Scottsdale in Scottsdale, 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 South Scottsdale
Robberies happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Scottsdale as a whole, 59% of reported robberies happen at stores and businesses, against 33% nationally.
How South Scottsdale compares within Scottsdale
Every part of South Scottsdale where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across South Scottsdale run from A+ to C+; 22% 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.
South Scottsdale has less crime than 0 of the 3 neighborhoods in Scottsdale. It covers much of the South Scottsdale area and the Camelback East area.
Is crime going up in Scottsdale?
Reported violent crime in Scottsdale as a whole peaked in 2021 and has fallen 31% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 5% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.7 to 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 20 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 11% and property crime fell 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
ScottsdaleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Scottsdale. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Scottsdale
Violent, US
Property, Scottsdale
Property, US
2016
-6%
+4%
+16%
+15%
2017
+1%
+4%
+10%
+12%
2018
+4%
+0%
+13%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+22%
+4%
+4%
-8%
2021
+37%
+6%
+22%
-10%
2022
+16%
+5%
+16%
-6%
2023
+7%
+2%
+13%
-7%
2024
-5%
-4%
-5%
-15%
Crime rates and types in South Scottsdale
CrimeGrade™ estimates South Scottsdale has about 50 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 35% more than the US as a whole and 51% more than Scottsdale 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 South Scottsdale, about 44% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Scottsdale
The Scottsdale Police Department polices South Scottsdale; these figures cover Scottsdale as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Scottsdale as a whole, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 48% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (38%)
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 South Scottsdale compares with nearby neighborhoods
South Scottsdale has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from South Scottsdale. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, South Scottsdale is safer than 80% of them.
Nightlife, shops and walkability in South Scottsdale
Two things set South Scottsdale apart: it has 1.8 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and 20.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more assault and robbery; here assault and robbery sit near the national middle.
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.20.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% 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. 63% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 57% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.83 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 85% 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 South Scottsdale
Crime costs South Scottsdale about $871 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 28% less 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 $93 million a year, or $981 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 South Scottsdale 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. South Scottsdale is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 South Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ average a SchoolGrade of B: 39% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in South Scottsdale on SchoolGrade
