El Mirage, AZ carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 9% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, El Mirage, AZ shows violent crime at 382.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,256.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 9% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
382.5/100K violent
1256.5/100K property
+9% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for El Mirage, AZ
Comparable rate records
El Mirage's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arizona cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to El Mirage's 382.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Avondale (369.8), Willcox (407.0), Lake Havasu City (355.6), Casa Grande (410.0). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 292.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 382.5 in 2024 (+30.7%). The highest observed value was 382.5 in 2024 and the lowest 292.6 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 23.3% of the 587 Part I offenses reported in El Mirage for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Arizona cities — a gap of 9.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
El Mirage sits mid-pack among comparable Arizona cities
At 382.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, El Mirage ranks 22 of 64 — above 42 of the 63 other Arizona cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +50.2% against the cohort median of 254.7. 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 El Mirage'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.
El Mirage's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.9 Census sq mi, El Mirage logged 45.4 property and 13.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
El Mirage leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,812.
Violent offenses are 23% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.9 sq mi); 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
-6.5%
1344.4 → 1256.5/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+2.8%
372.2 → 382.5/100K
Property offenses lead El Mirage's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs AZ
vs US avg
Property Crime
450
1256.5
1786
1711
Larceny-Theft
336
938.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
66
184.3
-
-
Burglary
48
134
-
-
Arson
5
14
-
-
Violent Crime
137
382.5
428.6
352
Aggravated Assault
106
296
-
-
Rape
22
61.4
-
-
Robbery
8
22.3
-
-
Murder
1
2.8
-
-
El Mirage Crime Trend (2020-2024)
El Mirage property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
El Mirage Police Department
Reporting agency for El Mirage NIBRS-participating
El Mirage Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind El Mirage's 587 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Arizona
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El Mirage at 382.5/100K violent and 1,256.5/100K property - matched below outside Arizona (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, El Mirage reported 137 violent crimes and 450 property crimes, for a total of 587 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in El Mirage?
From 2023 to 2024, El Mirage's violent crime rate increased by 2.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 6.5%.
What is the most common crime in El Mirage?
The most common crime type in El Mirage is larceny-theft, accounting for 57.2% of all reported crimes (336 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: El Mirage 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 El Mirage, AZ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.