Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 241% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ shows violent crime at 1,201.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,155.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 241% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
1201.1/100K violent
3155.9/100K property
+241% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ
Position in the state cohort
Pinetop-Lakeside reported the highest violent-crime rate among comparable Arizona cities
At 1201.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Pinetop-Lakeside ranks 1 of 64 — above 63 of the 63 other Arizona cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +371.7% 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.
Comparable rate records
Pinetop-Lakeside's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arizona cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Pinetop-Lakeside's 1201.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Tolleson (1008.3), Winslow (813.2), Globe (810.5), Phoenix (799.6). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 824.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1201.1 in 2024 (+45.8%). The highest observed value was 1201.1 in 2024 and the lowest 550.4 in 2022. 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 27.6% of the 185 Part I offenses reported in Pinetop-Lakeside for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Arizona cities — a gap of 13.3 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 90.3% of reported property offenses in Pinetop-Lakeside, against a cohort median of 77.8%. The remainder is burglary (6) and motor vehicle theft (7). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Pinetop-Lakeside'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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Pinetop-Lakeside's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 11.2 Census sq mi, Pinetop-Lakeside logged 12 property and 4.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Pinetop-Lakeside's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 185 offenses; mix index 4,951).
Violent offenses are 28% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11.2 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
+53.7%
781.6 → 1201.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.9%
3126.5 → 3155.9/100K
Property offenses lead Pinetop-Lakeside's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs AZ
Property Crime
134
3155.9
1711
1786
Larceny-Theft
121
2849.7
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
7
164.9
-
-
Burglary
6
141.3
-
-
Arson
1
23.6
-
-
Violent Crime
51
1201.1
352
428.6
Aggravated Assault
47
1106.9
-
-
Rape
3
70.7
-
-
Robbery
1
23.6
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Pinetop-Lakeside Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Pinetop-Lakeside property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Pinetop-Lakeside: 1201 violent, 3156 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Williams: 620 violent, 2536 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Bisbee: 100 violent, 638 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Clarkdale: 20 violent, 553 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Parker: 354 violent, 1385 property per 100,000 (grade C)
St. Johns: 628 violent, 927 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Willcox: 407 violent, 1691 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Thatcher: 72 violent, 649 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Colorado City: 319 violent, 1840 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department
Reporting agency for Pinetop-Lakeside NIBRS-participating
Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Pinetop-Lakeside's 185 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.
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How many crimes were reported in Pinetop-Lakeside?
In 2024, Pinetop-Lakeside reported 51 violent crimes and 134 property crimes, for a total of 185 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Pinetop-Lakeside?
From 2023 to 2024, Pinetop-Lakeside's violent crime rate increased by 53.7%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.9%.
What is the most common crime in Pinetop-Lakeside?
The most common crime type in Pinetop-Lakeside is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.4% of all reported crimes (121 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Pinetop-Lakeside is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.