Buckeye is a city of 107,300 in Maricopa County, about 30 miles west of downtown Phoenix · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Buckeye?
Violent crime in Buckeye runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: an A-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Assaults make up 93% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 809 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
39% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Buckeye as a whole, and 61% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Buckeye scores 809.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Buckeye, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters 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 about violent crime in Buckeye
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades B- in Buckeye, worse than in the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live, against A- for violent crime as a whole.
Aggravated assaults are uncommon. Buckeye has aggravated assaults at about half the US rate: 1.3 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Buckeye
Nearly every part of Buckeye where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Buckeye run from A+ to C-.
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A or B 99%C 1%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is violent crime going up in Buckeye?
Reported violent crime in Buckeye has risen 20% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.4 to 1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
BuckeyeUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Buckeye. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Buckeye
Violent, US
2016
-55%
+4%
2017
-5%
+4%
2018
+24%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+13%
+4%
2021
+23%
+6%
2022
+34%
+5%
2023
+35%
+2%
2024
+20%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Buckeye
CrimeGrade™ estimates Buckeye has about 9.2 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% less than the US as a whole and 41% less than Arizona.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Buckeye, about 93% of the total. Murder and rape are far rarer, but they account for 47% of the cost of violent crime here.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Buckeye
Buckeye has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Buckeye, 67% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
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.
Violent crime in Buckeye and nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Buckeye, 4 have less violent crime. Rainbow Valley and Waddell have the least.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Buckeye apart: it has 15 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of F (6 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.15 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 93% 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 assault. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (6 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 89% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Buckeye: F (1 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 62% 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.19% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 57% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Buckeye 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 violent crime costs Buckeye
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Buckeye about $87 million a year, or $807 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $19 million, or $176 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 78% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.4 million
$50
Rape
$3.4 million
$32
Robbery
$310,000
$3
Assault
$9.8 million
$91
Total
$19 million
$176
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Buckeye is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower 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.
