CrimeMetric

Crime in Golden Valley, Arizona

Major crime in Golden Valley is about the U.S. rate per resident: about the same for persons crimes and 6% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.0% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
105
about the U.S. rate
about the Arizona rate
down 9.0% in a year
Persons crimes
103
about the U.S. rate
18% below the Arizona rate
up 13.6% in a year
Property crimes
106
6% above the U.S. rate
about the Arizona rate
down 12.7% in a year
Social disorder
157
1.6 times the U.S. rate
34% above the Arizona rate
about flat in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 2.4 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Golden Valley for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Golden Valley

The middle half of Golden Valley residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 55 and 96; the typical (median) resident's is 81. The citywide figure (105) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Golden Valley, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10075.3%
  • 100–20016.1%
  • 200–4008.6%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weeknights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm108
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am112
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm99
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am88
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 9.0% in a year; across Arizona it fell 3.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-9.0%AZ -3.2%-8.5%AZ -9.4%
Persons crimes+13.6%AZ +2.1%+5.5%AZ +1.4%
Property crimes-12.7%AZ -4.5%-11.5%AZ -12.2%
Social disorder-0.2%AZ -0.6%-2.0%AZ -3.4%

Change in expected crimes, with Arizona as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Golden Valley against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

516 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Golden Valley; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Clinton, NC7,893170
Clinton, OK7,898108
Golden Valley, AZ7,894105

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Golden Valley has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Kingman (12 mi), is 1.8 times Golden Valley's rate.

Kingman12 mi188
Desert Hills44 mi164
Needles, CA41 mi157
Laughlin, NV24 mi119
Golden Valley105

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Golden Valley

What are the most common crimes in Golden Valley?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 48 a year), shoplifting (about 23 a year) and burglary (about 23 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: 2.4 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Golden Valley's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Golden Valley has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 49.8% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 7,894. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Golden Valley, Arizona." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/az/golden-valley

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100