Tempe Assault
Tempe · Assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Tempe police open data recorded 1,931 assault incidents, 10.4% of all 18,639 incidents reported in the city that year and down 4.9% from 2024. So far in 2026, 1,694 assault incidents have been published.
Assault in Tempe by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 1,694 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,931 | — | down 4.9% |
| 2024 | 2,030 | — | down 1.5% |
| 2023 | 2,061 | — | down 9.2% |
| 2022 | 2,269 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 9,985 assault incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)
- Riverside 30 incidents
- Alegre Community 24 incidents
- Sunset 22 incidents
- Maple Ash 20 incidents
- Juniper Watson 17 incidents
- Sierra Tempe 10 incidents
- Carver Terrace 9 incidents
- Kiwanis Park 9 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many assault incidents were reported in Tempe in 2025?
1,931, according to Tempe Police Department 911 calls open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is assault going up or down in Tempe?
Reported assault was down 4.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 14.9% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Tempe Police Department 911 calls open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Tempe
- Tempe other 7,192 in 2025
- Tempe theft 4,584 in 2025
- Tempe vandalism 1,501 in 2025
- Tempe theft from vehicle 832 in 2025
- Tempe auto theft 827 in 2025
- Tempe fraud 728 in 2025
- Tempe burglary 574 in 2025
- Tempe sexual assault 297 in 2025
- Tempe robbery 129 in 2025
- Tempe shooting 42 in 2025
- Tempe homicide 2 in 2025