Tempe Royal Estates, Tempe, AZ Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Tempe Royal Estates is a neighborhood of 4,140 residents in Tempe, about 5 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Tempe Royal Estates?

Tempe Royal Estates grades B+ for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 71% of Americans live. Assaults make up 97% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Tempe as a whole grades B+ for violent crime.

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Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 734 of 1,000
More violent crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Tempe Royal Estates as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Tempe Royal Estates scores 734.

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.

B
Overall crimeSafety score 656 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoods
C+
Property crimeSafety score 521 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Tempe Royal Estates

Map of Tempe Royal Estates shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Tempe Royal Estates, Tempe, AZ at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tempe Royal Estates 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


Violent crime rates and types in Tempe Royal Estates

CrimeGrade™ estimates Tempe Royal Estates has about 15 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% more than the US as a whole and 31% less than Tempe as a whole.

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 Tempe Royal Estates, about 97% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderAunder 10.020.05
RapeB10.330.38
RobberyAunder 10.150.62
AssaultC+6214.912.3

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 Tempe

The Tempe Police Department polices Tempe Royal Estates; these figures cover Tempe as a whole, 2022 to 2024.

In Tempe as a whole, 35% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 34% of them.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
RobberyStores and businesses (34%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assaultHomes (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.


Violent crime in Tempe Royal Estates and nearby neighborhoods

Tempe Royal Estates has less violent crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Ahwatukee and Downtown Tempe have less.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Tempe Royal EstatesB+734B4,140
Wood Park 1 mileC-384C-3,970
Peterson 2 milesB-602B-6,250
Baseline-Hardy 2 milesB622C+4,860
Ahwatukee 5 milesA-823A-80,700
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Meyer Park 4 milesB+726B4,040
Tempe Junction 4 milesB630B-3,780
Downtown Tempe 5 milesB+761B9,200
Sunset 5 milesB-614C+3,480
Riverside 5 milesB-608C4,570
Southwest Mesa 6 milesB-577B71,400

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Tempe Royal Estates. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Tempe Royal Estates is safer than 72% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Tempe Royal EstatesB+734B4,140
Pleasant Valley, Walnut Creek, CAA-827B+4,150
Assumption Parish, San Leandro, CAB+769B-4,130
Virginia Ave, Lexington, KYB623B-4,130
Cypress, Oxnard, CAB-608C+4,140
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Slabtown, Portland, ORB-542C-4,150
Eastfield, Dundalk, MDC436C-4,130
Urbanizacion Atlantic View, San Juan, PRD-153C4,130
Downtown Rockford, Rockford, ILF0F4,130
Arroyo Viejo, Oakland, CAF0F4,140
Park West, Milwaukee, WIF0F4,150

Walkability, tree cover and density in Tempe Royal Estates

Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Tempe Royal Estates apart: it has a Walk Grade of D (14 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and tree cover over 2% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places that are hard to get around on foot tend to report less assault, yet assault runs higher here than that would suggest.

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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.2% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 82% 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.64% of residentsUS: 24%Higher 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 robbery.28 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 54% 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 violent crime costs Tempe Royal Estates

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Tempe Royal Estates about $3.2 million a year, or $772 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $870,000, or $210 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year


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.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
  • The Tempe Police Department publishes its own crime data

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.

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