The overall crime rate in Queen Creek rose 7% last year over 2023, driven mainly by increases in simple assaults and petty theft, according to police reports to the state Department of Public Safety.

The town’s year-over-year crime rate increase was the second highest in the East Valley – surpassed only by Gilbert’s 9.05 increase – and comprised 1,329 crimes ranging from aggravated assaults to shoplifting. No homicides were reported for last year

The data also show Queen Creek Police had a clearance rate of 51.17% – meaning that over half of all crimes were resolved by arrests or “exceptional means.”

The department’s 1,046 arrests last year represented a 66.83% increase over 2023 and nearly two-thirds were for simple assault, with aggravated assault – crimes that usually involve serious

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