CrimeMetric

Crime in Superior, Arizona

Major crime in Superior is 1.7 times the U.S. rate per resident: 1.5 times for persons crimes and 1.7 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.7% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
166
1.7 times the U.S. rate
1.6 times the Arizona rate
down 8.7% in a year
Persons crimes
151
1.5 times the U.S. rate
21% above the Arizona rate
down 3.3% in a year
Property crimes
169
1.7 times the U.S. rate
1.7 times the Arizona rate
down 9.7% in a year
Social disorder
246
2.5 times the U.S. rate
2.1 times the Arizona rate
down 7.2% 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

Vandalism stands out most, at 5.2 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Superior

Superior is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 163.

Map of Superior, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–20086.0%
  • 200–40014.0%
  • 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 6pm156
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am188
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm132
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am179
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.7% in a year; across Arizona it fell 3.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.7%AZ -3.2%-6.0%AZ -9.4%
Persons crimes-3.3%AZ +2.1%+7.9%AZ +1.4%
Property crimes-9.7%AZ -4.5%-8.8%AZ -12.2%
Social disorder-7.2%AZ -0.6%-0.9%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

Superior against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

143 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Superior; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Superior, AZ2,718166
Eldora, IA2,715116
Roseau, MN2,71365
Hazard, KY2,71839

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

Nearby places

Superior has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Central Heights-Midland City (18 mi), is 60% below Superior's rate.

Globe20 mi363
Superior166
Coolidge33 mi100
Florence23 mi26

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

Questions about crime in Superior

What are the most common crimes in Superior?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 26 a year), shoplifting (about 16 a year) and aggravated assault (about 11 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 5.2 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. Superior's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Superior has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 2,718. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Superior, Arizona." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/az/superior

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100