Somerton, AZ Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Somerton, AZ Summary

Crime in Somerton research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Somerton over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Somerton:

  • There were 89 total crimes committed in Somerton the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 614.6 total crimes per 100K people in Somerton.
  • The overall crime rate in Somerton is -73.55% below the national average.
  • Somerton ranks #9 safest out of 76 cities in Arizona.
  • Somerton ranks #2,278 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Somerton Vs Arizona And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Somerton is 614.6 per 100,000 people. That's -73.55% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -77.34% lower than the Arizona total crime rate of 2,712.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Somerton
/ 100k People
Arizona
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 89 614.6 2,712.5 2,324.2
Murder 3 20.7 6.9 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 83.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 5 34.5 350.2 268.2
Violent Crime 9 62.2 484.8 369.8
Burglary 20 138.1 330.0 269.8
Larceny 41 283.1 1,656.0 1,401.9
Car Theft 19 131.2 241.7 282.7
Property Crime 80 552.5 2,227.7 1,954.4

Somerton Crime Compared To Arizona Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Arizona.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Somerton

9
Violent Crimes
62.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-83.19%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Somerton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Somerton is 62.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,608.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Somerton each year. That compares to a 1 in 206.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -83.19% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -87.18% lower than the Arizona violent crime rate of 484.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Somerton

80
Property Crimes
552.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-71.73%
Below The National Average
  • There were 80 property crimes in Somerton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Somerton is 552.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 181.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Somerton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -71.73% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -75.20% lower than the Arizona property crime rate of 2,227.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Somerton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Yuma, AZ 98,164 2,208 2,249.3 1,688.0 561.3
San Luis, AZ 38,528 232 602.2 550.2 51.9
Calexico, CA 38,515 743 1,929.1 1,794.1 135.0
Holtville, CA 5,561 77 1,384.6 1,061.0 323.7

Somerton SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
7
Affordability
7
Diversity
3
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
4
Commute
8
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