Tempe Junction is a neighborhood of 3,780 residents in Tempe, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Tempe Junction in Tempe safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Tempe Junction has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 77% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B and property crime C+. Tempe as a whole grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Tempe Junction run from B to C, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 593 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Tempe Junction as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tempe Junction scores 593.
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 Tempe Junction, Tempe, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tempe Junction in Tempe, 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 Tempe Junction
Burglaries run high. Tempe Junction has burglaries at more than double the US rate: 5.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Tempe as a whole, 49% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Tempe Junction
CrimeGrade™ estimates Tempe Junction has about 78 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 23% more than Tempe 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Tempe Junction, about 36% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Tempe
The Tempe Police Department polices Tempe Junction; these figures cover Tempe as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Tempe as a whole, 49% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 50% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (35%)
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 Tempe Junction compares with nearby neighborhoods
Tempe Junction has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Empty homes, density and walkability in Tempe Junction
Two things set Tempe Junction apart: it has 17.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 9% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.17.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 92% 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.C (40 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 56% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 Tempe Junction: C (35 of 100).17 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 67% 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 Tempe Junction
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Tempe Junction about $1,681 a year per household, 39% 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 $8.0 million a year, or $2,109 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 Tempe Junction 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. Tempe Junction 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
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 Tempe Junction, Tempe, AZ average a SchoolGrade of D: 24% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Tempe Junction on SchoolGrade
