Prescott, AZ carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 5% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Prescott, AZ shows violent crime at 335.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,117.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 5% 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
335.1/100K violent
1117.1/100K property
-5% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Prescott, AZ
Comparable rate records
Prescott's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arizona cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Prescott's 335.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Colorado City (318.5), Parker (353.7), Lake Havasu City (355.6), Sedona (314.4). 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
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 23.1% of the 702 Part I offenses reported in Prescott for 2024, against a median of 14.3% 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.
Position in the state cohort
Prescott sits mid-pack among comparable Arizona cities
At 335.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Prescott ranks 26 of 64 — above 38 of the 63 other Arizona cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +31.6% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 374.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 335.1 in 2024 (-10.6%). The highest observed value was 449.4 in 2021 and the lowest 335.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Prescott'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.
Prescott's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 49.2 Census sq mi, Prescott logged 11 property and 3.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Prescott's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (58% of 702 offenses; mix index 4,050).
Violent offenses are 23% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (49.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-23%
1450.5 → 1117.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-4.6%
351.3 → 335.1/100K
Property offenses lead Prescott's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs AZ
vs US avg
Property Crime
540
1117.1
1786
1711
Larceny-Theft
409
846.1
-
-
Burglary
108
223.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
23
47.6
-
-
Arson
2
4.1
-
-
Violent Crime
162
335.1
428.6
352
Aggravated Assault
141
291.7
-
-
Rape
11
22.8
-
-
Robbery
9
18.6
-
-
Murder
1
2.1
-
-
Prescott Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Prescott 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
Prescott Police Department
Reporting agency for Prescott NIBRS-participating
Prescott Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Prescott's 702 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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In 2024, Prescott reported 162 violent crimes and 540 property crimes, for a total of 702 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Prescott?
From 2023 to 2024, Prescott's violent crime rate decreased by 4.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23%.
What is the most common crime in Prescott?
The most common crime type in Prescott is larceny-theft, accounting for 58.3% of all reported crimes (409 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Prescott 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 Prescott, AZ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.