Chandler Crime Map
Arizona · October 2026 · updated 2026-11-12
| October 2026 | 984 incidents |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 12,841 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 16,926 incidents |
| Full archive | 87,977 incidents (2021–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 6,019 |
Source: Chandler Police Department open data.
About crime in Chandler
Latest available snapshot. Chandler has 984 incidents for October 2026. Counts reflect the source coverage published for this city.
Year-over-year context
Chandler recorded 17,373 incidents in 2024 and 16,926 in 2025, a 2.6% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
2025 category breakdown
| Other | 10,073 |
| Theft | 2,930 |
| Assault | 1,603 |
| Fraud | 636 |
| Theft from vehicle | 537 |
| Sexual assault | 508 |
| Burglary | 322 |
| Auto theft | 227 |
Across 2021–2026, the current archive contains 87,977 incidents for Chandler. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Chandler crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Chandler recorded 16,926 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, with Other as the most common category at 10,073 reports. Theft followed with 2,930 reports, and assault totaled 1,603. Reported incidents declined 2.6% from 17,373 in 2024 to 16,926 in 2025. January–October 2026 data also shows an 8.9% decrease compared with the same months in 2025. Data is current through November 2026.
About this data
The map for Chandler, Arizona, plots police-reported incidents published as open data by the Chandler Police Department. For the complete calendar year 2025, the dataset contains 16,926 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. Violent-category incidents, defined here as assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide, totaled 2,172 in 2025, or 12.8% of the yearly total.
Measured against the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 281,231 for the city, Chandler recorded 6,018.5 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, and 772.3 violent-category incidents per 100,000 residents. Those rates describe the volume of police-reported incidents in the archive, not a measure of personal risk, and data are current through November 2026. The all-years archive holds 87,977 incidents from 2021 to 2026 combined.
Recent trend
Between the two consecutive complete calendar years, reported incidents declined 2.6%, from 17,373 in 2024 to 16,926 in 2025. The longer complete-year record also steps down each year, from 19,135 in 2022 to 17,592 in 2023, then to 17,373 in 2024 and 16,926 in 2025. For the same months, January–October 2026 recorded 12,841 incidents compared with 14,099 in January–October 2025, a decline of 8.9%. Data are current through November 2026, with 2021 and 2026 remaining partial years in the archive.
Category breakdown
The 2025 breakdown is led by Other with 10,073 incidents, or 59.5% of the total, followed by Theft with 2,930 incidents, or 17.3%, and Assault with 1,603 incidents, or 9.5%. The source groups many incident types under Other, including Other crime with 5,251 incidents, or 31% of the total, and Impaired & dangerous driving with 3,028 incidents, or 17.9%. Within the same Other grouping, Drugs accounted for 943 incidents, or 5.6%, Threats for 436, or 2.6%, Harassment for 221, or 1.3%, and Weapons offenses for 194, or 1.1%. Fraud and Theft from vehicle followed outside the top three with 636 and 537 incidents respectively.
What this means
What stands out in Chandler is how concentrated 2025 remains in a few labels: Other accounts for 59.5% with 10,073 incidents, while Theft adds 17.3% with 2,930 and Assault adds 9.5% with 1,603 and Sexual assault adds 3% with 508 incidents. The complete-year sequence moved from 19,135 in 2022 to 17,592 in 2023 to 16,926 in 2025, so the 2025 decline reflects fewer total incidents while the category order stayed with Other first.
FAQ
How many crimes were reported in Chandler in 2025?
Chandler had 16,926 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 6,018.5 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 281,231 for the city. The figure covers the complete 12-month calendar year and is the headline total for 2025.
What was the most common crime category in Chandler in 2025?
Other was the leading category in 2025 with 10,073 incidents, or 59.5% of the 16,926 total. The source groups many incident types under Other, including other crime with 5,251 incidents, impaired and dangerous driving with 3,028 incidents, and drugs with 943 incidents. Theft was the next most numerous specific category with 2,930 incidents.
How many violent crimes were reported in Chandler in 2025?
Chandler recorded 2,172 violent-category incidents in 2025, or 12.8% of the 16,926 total, covering assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide combined. That equals 772.3 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025. Within that group, assault accounted for 1,603 incidents and sexual assault accounted for 508 incidents in 2025.
Is crime in Chandler going up or down?
Reported incidents declined 2.6% between the two consecutive complete calendar years, from 17,373 in 2024 to 16,926 in 2025. For the current partial window, January–October 2026 had 12,841 incidents compared with 14,099 in the same months of 2025, a decrease of 8.9%. The archive shows 19,135 incidents in complete year 2022 and 17,592 in complete year 2023.
Which Chandler neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
This release does not rank named neighborhoods for Chandler in 2025, so a neighborhood comparison cannot be made from these figures. The dataset lists 0 named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in 2025. The citywide total for 2025 was 16,926 incidents, and all category counts, including 2,930 thefts and 1,603 assaults, are reported only at the city level.
Where does the Chandler crime data come from and how current is it?
The figures come from the Chandler Police Department and the data was current through November 2026 at publication. The 2025 headline covers the complete calendar year with 12 months of data, while 2026 has 12,853 incidents across 11 months with data. Across all years in the archive, from 2021 to 2026 combined, there are 87,977 incidents.
Explore Chandler
By category
- Chandler Assault (8,264)
- Chandler Sexual assault (2,181)
- Chandler Robbery (343)
- Chandler Homicide (35)
- Chandler Burglary (2,034)
- Chandler Auto theft (1,526)
- Chandler Theft from vehicle (4,105)
- Chandler Theft (15,674)
- Chandler Vandalism (291)
- Chandler Fraud (3,214)
- Chandler Other (50,310)
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