Crime & Safety in Gilbert
Gilbert is consistently cited as Arizona's safest city/town -- 1st in the state, 31st nationally of 182 municipalities surveyed, per the same WalletHub-derived survey cited for Chandler and Scottsdale elsewhere in this dataset -- with CrimeGrade and NeighborhoodScout both broadly corroborating a comparatively safe reading, though using different comparison bases.
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Learn moreGilbert's top-ranked WalletHub safety standing
Gilbert is cited as the safest city/town in Arizona and 31st nationally among 182 municipalities surveyed, ahead of Scottsdale (2nd in AZ, 39th nationally) and Chandler (3rd in AZ, 46th nationally) -- both separately documented in this dataset's own Scottsdale and Chandler records, giving this figure real cross-referenced consistency within this dataset's own Arizona research. A separate, older KTAR-covered WalletHub cycle placed Gilbert in the "top 10" or "top 15" safest US cities nationally in different survey years -- a real, disclosed multi-year pattern of consistently strong rankings rather than one fixed number across time.
CrimeGrade's B-grade, 69th-percentile read
CrimeGrade assigns Gilbert an overall B grade, placing it in the 69th safety percentile (safer than 69% of cities by its methodology), with a property crime rate of 10.57 per 1,000 (B- grade) and a violent crime rate of 2.125 per 1,000 -- described as safer than both the Arizona state average and the national average specifically on violent crime.
NeighborhoodScout's comparison-dependent read
NeighborhoodScout cites an overall rate of 11 crimes per 1,000 residents -- "considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America" by its own framing -- but, consistent with how this dataset handles NeighborhoodScout's methodology elsewhere (e.g. Kennesaw, GA), notes Gilbert reads as one of the safest US places specifically for its population size. Unlike Kennesaw's genuinely split CrimeGrade/NeighborhoodScout reading elsewhere in this dataset, Gilbert's two sources broadly agree Gilbert is comparatively safe, even while using different comparison bases.
Check a specific address directly; no area is named as lower-rated here per site policy
Per site policy, no specific lower-rated area within Gilbert is named here. Given the genuinely strong, broadly-corroborated safety reading across multiple independent sources, prospective buyers can treat Gilbert's overall safety standing with more confidence than markets in this dataset with a genuinely split crime-data picture -- but should still confirm current, address-specific data directly with CrimeGrade.org and NeighborhoodScout before finalizing a decision.
Key takeaways
- Gilbert is cited as the safest city/town in Arizona and 31st nationally of 182 municipalities surveyed (WalletHub-derived), ahead of Scottsdale (2nd in AZ) and Chandler (3rd in AZ) -- consistent across this dataset's own Arizona research.
- CrimeGrade assigns Gilbert an overall B grade (69th percentile), with a violent crime rate (2.125/1,000) cited as below both the Arizona and national averages.
- NeighborhoodScout cites an 11-per-1,000 overall rate (above the all-communities national average by its own framing) but reads Gilbert as one of the safest US places for its population size -- broadly corroborating CrimeGrade's favorable read, unlike the genuinely split reading documented for Kennesaw, GA elsewhere in this dataset.
- No specific lower-rated area within Gilbert is named here per site policy -- confirm current, address-specific data directly with both CrimeGrade.org and NeighborhoodScout before finalizing a decision.
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