Nogales, AZ carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 35% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Nogales, AZ shows violent crime at 228.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,601.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 35% below 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
228.6/100K violent
3601.5/100K property
-35% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Nogales, AZ
Comparable rate records
Nogales's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arizona cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Nogales's 228.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Prescott Valley (225.0), Maricopa (224.8), Cottonwood (223.2), Kingman (221.1). 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.0% of the 754 Part I offenses reported in Nogales for 2024, against a median of 14.8% across comparable Arizona cities — a gap of 8.8 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 189.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 228.6 in 2024 (+20.5%). The highest observed value was 243.3 in 2022 and the lowest 181.1 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 63.6% of reported property offenses in Nogales, against a cohort median of 77.9%. The remainder is burglary (94) and motor vehicle theft (164). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Nogales sits mid-pack among comparable Arizona cities
At 228.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Nogales ranks 34 of 64 — above 30 of the 63 other Arizona cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -12.5% 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 Nogales'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.
Nogales's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 20.8 Census sq mi, Nogales logged 34.1 property and 2.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Nogales's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (60% of 754 offenses; mix index 4,242).
Violent offenses are only 6% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (20.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+26.2%
181.1 → 228.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-8%
3913.9 → 3601.5/100K
Property offenses lead Nogales's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs AZ
Property Crime
709
3601.5
1711
1786
Larceny-Theft
451
2291
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
164
833.1
-
-
Burglary
94
477.5
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
45
228.6
352
428.6
Aggravated Assault
45
228.6
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Rape
0
0
-
-
Robbery
0
0
-
-
Nogales 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.
Nogales property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Nogales Police Department
Reporting agency for Nogales Summary Reporting (SRS)
Nogales Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Nogales's 754 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, Nogales reported 45 violent crimes and 709 property crimes, for a total of 754 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Nogales?
From 2023 to 2024, Nogales's violent crime rate increased by 26.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 8%.
What is the most common crime in Nogales?
The most common crime type in Nogales is larceny-theft, accounting for 59.8% of all reported crimes (451 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Nogales 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 Nogales, AZ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.