Crime in Arizona

In 2014, 242,156 crimes were reported in the U.S. state of Arizona.

Statistics

class="wikitable" \|+ Arizona crime rates 1960–2014{{cite web\|title=Arizona Crime Rates 1960– 2015\|url=http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/azcrime.htm\|website=www.disastercenter.com}} ! width=50px rowspan=2 \| Year ! width=90px rowspan=2 \| Population ! width=90px rowspan=2 \| Total ! width=90px rowspan=2 \| Rate (per 100,000) ! width=90px colspan=2 \| Violent crimes ! width=90px colspan=2 \| Property crimes
width=90px \| Total ! width=90px \| Rate (per 100,000) ! width=90px \| Total ! width=90px \| Rate (per 100,000)
1960 \| 1,302,161 \| 39,243 \| 3,013.7 \| 2,704 \| 207.7 \| 36,539 \| 2,806.0
1965 \| 1,608,000 \| 57,049 \| 3,547.8 \| 3,092 \| 192.3 \| 53,957 \| 3,355.5
1970 \| 1,772,482 \| 104,829 \| 5,914.2 \| 6,564 \| 370.3 \| 98,265 \| 5,543.9
1975 \| 2,224,000 \| 185,515 \| 8,341.5 \| 12,184 \| 547.8 \| 173,331 \| 7,793.7
1980 \| 2,715,357 \| 221,866 \| 8,170.8 \| 17,673 \| 650.9 \| 204,193 \| 7,519.9
1985 \| 3,187,000 \| 226,793 \| 7,116.2 \| 19,202 \| 602.5 \| 207,591 \| 6,513.7
1990 \| 3,665,228 \| 289,140 \| 7,888.7 \| 23,911 \| 652.4 \| 265,229 \| 7,236.4
1995 \| 4,218,000 \| 346,450 \| 8,213.6 \| 30,095 \| 713.5 \| 316,355 \| 7,500.1
2000 \| 5,130,632 \| 299,092 \| 5,829.5 \| 27,281 \| 531.7 \| 271,811 \| 5,297.8
2005 \| 5,953,007 \| 317,823 \| 5,351.2 \| 30,478 \| 512.0 \| 287,345 \| 4,838.0
2010 \| 6,413,158 \| 253,330 \| 3,950.1 \| 26,528 \| 413.6 \| 226,802 \| 3,536.5
2014 \| 6,731,484 \| 242,156 \| 3,597.4 \| 26,916 \| 399.9 \| 215,240 \| 3,197.5

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|+ Arizona crime rates 1960–2014{{cite web|title=Arizona Crime Rates 1960– 2015|url=http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/azcrime.htm|website=www.disastercenter.com}}

! width=50px rowspan=2 | Year

! width=90px rowspan=2 | Population

! width=90px rowspan=2 | Total

! width=90px rowspan=2 | Rate (per 100,000)

! width=90px colspan=2 | Violent crimes

! width=90px colspan=2 | Property crimes

width=90px | Total

! width=90px | Rate (per 100,000)

! width=90px | Total

! width=90px | Rate (per 100,000)

1960

| 1,302,161

| 39,243

| 3,013.7

| 2,704

| 207.7

| 36,539

| 2,806.0

1965

| 1,608,000

| 57,049

| 3,547.8

| 3,092

| 192.3

| 53,957

| 3,355.5

1970

| 1,772,482

| 104,829

| 5,914.2

| 6,564

| 370.3

| 98,265

| 5,543.9

1975

| 2,224,000

| 185,515

| 8,341.5

| 12,184

| 547.8

| 173,331

| 7,793.7

1980

| 2,715,357

| 221,866

| 8,170.8

| 17,673

| 650.9

| 204,193

| 7,519.9

1985

| 3,187,000

| 226,793

| 7,116.2

| 19,202

| 602.5

| 207,591

| 6,513.7

1990

| 3,665,228

| 289,140

| 7,888.7

| 23,911

| 652.4

| 265,229

| 7,236.4

1995

| 4,218,000

| 346,450

| 8,213.6

| 30,095

| 713.5

| 316,355

| 7,500.1

2000

| 5,130,632

| 299,092

| 5,829.5

| 27,281

| 531.7

| 271,811

| 5,297.8

2005

| 5,953,007

| 317,823

| 5,351.2

| 30,478

| 512.0

| 287,345

| 4,838.0

2010

| 6,413,158

| 253,330

| 3,950.1

| 26,528

| 413.6

| 226,802

| 3,536.5

2014

| 6,731,484

| 242,156

| 3,597.4

| 26,916

| 399.9

| 215,240

| 3,197.5

Capital punishment laws

Capital punishment is applied in Arizona.{{Cite web|url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/execut3.htm|title=Facts about capital punishment – the death penalty|website=www.religioustolerance.org|access-date=2017-08-05}} In most circumstances, the method used is lethal injection.{{Cite web|url=http://deathpenalty.uslegal.com/capital-punishment/arizona/|title=Arizona – Death Penalty|last=Inc.|first=US Legal|website=deathpenalty.uslegal.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-05}} Inmates sentenced to death for murders committed prior to November 23, 1992 may choose lethal gas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/methods.htm|title=Methods of Execution|website=www.clarkprosecutor.org|access-date=2017-08-05}}

Crime in Arizona

Statistics

Capital punishment laws

See also

References