Cottonwood, AZ carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 37% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Cottonwood, AZ shows violent crime at 223.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,168.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 37% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
223.2/100K violent
1168.1/100K property
-37% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Cottonwood, AZ
Comparable rate records
Cottonwood's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arizona cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Cottonwood's 223.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Maricopa (224.8), Prescott Valley (225.0), Kingman (221.1), Nogales (228.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 379.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 223.2 in 2024 (-41.2%). The highest observed value was 379.6 in 2020 and the lowest 223.2 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Cottonwood sits mid-pack among comparable Arizona cities
At 223.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Cottonwood ranks 37 of 64 — above 27 of the 63 other Arizona cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -14.6% against the cohort median of 261.2. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Cottonwood's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Cottonwood's 2024 municipal footprint
Cottonwood's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (68% of 187 offenses; mix index 4,929).
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-19.8%
1456.1 → 1168.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-9.9%
247.7 → 223.2/100K
Property offenses lead Cottonwood's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs AZ
vs US avg
Property Crime
157
1168.1
1786
1711
Larceny-Theft
127
944.9
-
-
Burglary
18
133.9
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
12
89.3
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
30
223.2
428.6
352
Aggravated Assault
25
186
-
-
Robbery
3
22.3
-
-
Rape
2
14.9
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Cottonwood Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Cottonwood property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Cottonwood Police Department
Reporting agency for Cottonwood Summary Reporting (SRS)
Cottonwood Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Cottonwood's 187 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Arizona
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In 2024, Cottonwood reported 30 violent crimes and 157 property crimes, for a total of 187 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Cottonwood?
From 2023 to 2024, Cottonwood's violent crime rate decreased by 9.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 19.8%.
What is the most common crime in Cottonwood?
The most common crime type in Cottonwood is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.9% of all reported crimes (127 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Cottonwood figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Cottonwood, AZ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.