Valencia is a neighborhood of 4,180 residents in Buckeye, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Valencia in Buckeye safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Valencia has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. Buckeye as a whole grades A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Valencia run from A to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 750 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Valencia as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Valencia scores 750.
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 Valencia, Buckeye, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Valencia in Buckeye, 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 Valencia
Thefts from cars happen at homes more often than nationally. In Buckeye as a whole, 59% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Valencia
CrimeGrade™ estimates Valencia has about 69 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 85% more than the US as a whole and about triple the rate for Buckeye 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Valencia is assault, about 37% 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 Buckeye
The Buckeye Police Department polices Valencia; these figures cover Buckeye as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Buckeye as a whole, 55% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (59%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (63%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (67%)
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 Valencia compares with nearby neighborhoods
Valencia has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Parking lots, night lighting and walkability in Valencia
Two things set Valencia apart: it has 5.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and tree cover over 1% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.5.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.87% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 98% 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. 97% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.1% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 97% 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 Valencia
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Valencia about $2,096 a year per household, 74% 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 $12 million a year, or $2,982 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 Valencia 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. Valencia 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 Valencia, Buckeye, AZ average a SchoolGrade of D+: 26% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Valencia on SchoolGrade
