Oro Valley has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Oro Valley is 1 in 82. How does Oro Valley fare compared to other communities in Arizona of all population sizes? Oro Valley's crime rate is lower than approximately 38% of Arizona communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Oro Valley has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Oro Valley is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Oro Valley does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Oro Valley.

For Oro Valley, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Oro Valley than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 3014, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Oro Valley's rate for property crime is 12 per one thousand population. This makes Oro Valley a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Oro Valley is one in 84.