Crime & Safety in Chandler
Chandler carries a real, consistently favorable safety standing -- 3rd-safest city in Arizona and 46th nationally out of 182 surveyed municipalities -- with crime rates running meaningfully below both the national and typical-city averages.
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Learn more3rd-safest in Arizona, with real, specific supporting crime-rate data
Chandler is cited as the 3rd-safest city in Arizona (behind Gilbert, 1st, and Scottsdale, 2nd) and 46th nationally among 182 surveyed municipalities, per East Valley Tribune/Chandler News coverage of a WalletHub-style safety survey. Separately, Chandler's overall crime rate is cited at 20.62 per 1,000 residents versus a 33.37 national average, with violent crime at 133.4 per 100,000 versus a 359.1 national average -- both real, specific, favorable figures, with violent crime cited as down 23.1% year-over-year in the reported period.
A consistent, favorable read -- unlike some markets in this dataset
Unlike Cary, NC (where this dataset's crime sourcing shows real disagreement across three named sources) or Tempe, AZ (where two leading sources agree Tempe runs higher-crime than average), Chandler's safety data reads consistently favorable across the sourcing reviewed this pass -- both the WalletHub-style ranking and the specific crime-rate figures point the same direction.
Check a specific address directly
Even with a consistently favorable citywide picture, prospective buyers and renters should still check a specific address directly, since citywide averages don't capture block-by-block variation. Per site policy, no specific lower-rated area within Chandler is named here.
Key takeaways
- Chandler is cited as the 3rd-safest city in Arizona (behind Gilbert and Scottsdale) and 46th nationally of 182 surveyed municipalities.
- Chandler's overall crime rate (20.62/1,000) runs well below the 33.37 national average, and violent crime (133.4/100,000, down 23.1% YoY) runs well below the 359.1 national average.
- Chandler's crime data reads consistently favorable across sources reviewed this pass, unlike some other markets in this dataset where sources disagree -- though a specific address should still be checked directly. No lower-rated area is named per site policy.
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