Golden Shores, AZ Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	F
Property Crime Grade	D
Other Crime Grade	B-

Which crimes are included?

$159,724

Cost of Crime™ for Golden Shores, AZ

In 2025, violent crime will cost $639 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Golden Shores with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The F grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Golden Shores against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Golden Shores sits in the 6th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 6% of cities and behind 94%. The grade covers only Golden Shores's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Golden Shores is 8.396 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the east part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 19 in the southwest neighborhoods to 1 in 126 in the east.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the east parts of Golden Shores, AZ report the most violent crime, about 2 cases per year. The south part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Golden Shores, AZ

The tangible cost of violent crime in Golden Shores is projected at $159,724 for 2025, about $442 per resident and $639 per household. That equals 1.0% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 42.4%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 44.4%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.0%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Golden Shores Compared to Other Cities?

Golden Shores, AZ:	$442
Pinon, AZ:	$675
Saddlebrooke, AZ:	$119
Arizona:	$268
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $442 per resident each year in Golden Shores, which is $184 more than the national average and $175 more than Arizona's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Golden Shores:

In Pinon, AZ, crime costs $675 per person, which is $233 more than in Golden Shores.
In Saddlebrooke, AZ, crime costs $119 per person, which is $324 less than in Golden Shores

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Golden Shores, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Golden Shores	Cost per Golden Shores Resident
Murder	$65,012	$180
Rape/Sexual Assault	$13,954	$39
Robbery	$15,084	$42
Assault	$65,674	$182
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$159,724	$442

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Golden Shores, AZ

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Golden Shores totals $522,561 ($1,448 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $682,285 ($1,890 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Golden Shores, AZ, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Golden Shores Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Golden Shores residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	6.335
Robbery	1.328
Rape	0.6375
Murder	0.0958
Total Violent Crime	8.396 (F)

Individual Golden Shores Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Golden Shores is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Golden Shores.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Topock, AZ	F	F	F
Needles, CA	D-	F	D-
Wikieup, AZ	D	D	C-
Essex, CA	F	F	F
Del Rio, AZ	A-	B+	B+
Williamson, AZ	A+	A-	A+
Chino Valley, AZ	A-	B	B+
Perkinsville, AZ	B+	C+	B+
Forbing Park, AZ	A-	B	A-
Prescott Valley, AZ	A-	B-	B+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Golden Shores is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Williston, MD	B-	C-	C-
Woodard, NC	F	F	F
Barnhill, IL	B-	A-	A-
Bates, MI	A-	B	B
Bath, IL	B	B-	B-
Bayboro, SC	C	C-	C-
Beaverville, IL	B	A-	A-
Beech Bottom, WV	B-	B-	B-
Bethania, NC	C	C	C
Wilson, LA	D-	F	F

Considering only the violent crime rate, Golden Shores is less safe than the Arizona state average and less safe than the national average.

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