Sahuarita, AZ carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 74% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Sahuarita, AZ shows violent crime at 91.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 977.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 74% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
91.8/100K violent
977.1/100K property
-74% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Sahuarita, AZ
Comparable rate records
Sahuarita's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arizona cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Sahuarita's 91.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are San Luis (87.6), Bisbee (99.6), Litchfield Park (101.7), Paradise Valley (80.4). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Sahuarita reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Arizona cities
At 91.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Sahuarita ranks 55 of 64 — above 9 of the 63 other Arizona cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -64.9% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 112.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 91.8 in 2024 (-18.3%). The highest observed value was 142.4 in 2021 and the lowest 91.8 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.6% of the 396 Part I offenses reported in Sahuarita for 2024, against a median of 14.8% across comparable Arizona cities — a gap of 6.2 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 87.6% of reported property offenses in Sahuarita, against a cohort median of 77.8%. The remainder is burglary (30) and motor vehicle theft (15). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Sahuarita'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.
Sahuarita's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 31.7 Census sq mi, Sahuarita logged 11.4 property and 1.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Sahuarita's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (80% of 396 offenses; mix index 6,520).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (31.7 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
-27.5%
126.7 → 91.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
+6.5%
917.4 → 977.1/100K
Property offenses lead Sahuarita's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs AZ
vs US avg
Property Crime
362
977.1
1786
1711
Larceny-Theft
317
855.6
-
-
Burglary
30
81
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
15
40.5
-
-
Arson
1
2.7
-
-
Violent Crime
34
91.8
428.6
352
Aggravated Assault
24
64.8
-
-
Rape
7
18.9
-
-
Murder
2
5.4
-
-
Robbery
1
2.7
-
-
Sahuarita Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Sahuarita 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 averages
Sahuarita Police Department
Reporting agency for Sahuarita NIBRS-participating
Sahuarita Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Sahuarita's 396 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, Sahuarita reported 34 violent crimes and 362 property crimes, for a total of 396 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Sahuarita?
From 2023 to 2024, Sahuarita's violent crime rate decreased by 27.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 6.5%.
What is the most common crime in Sahuarita?
The most common crime type in Sahuarita is larceny-theft, accounting for 80.1% of all reported crimes (317 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Sahuarita 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 Sahuarita, AZ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.