Is ZIP code 85923 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 85923 scores in the 55.3th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Above Average rating: above the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 85923 calculated?

SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.

How does 85923 compare with the rest of Arizona?

It ranks #139 of 241 scored ZIP codes in Arizona, against a state median of the 71.2th percentile. Nationally it ranks #4,955 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 85923, Clay Springs, AZ

Clay Springs · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Above Average

Higher crime than 55.31% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#4,955

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Arizona rank

#139

of 241 in state

Score index

63.5

crime intensity

Snapshot

September 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 85923 covers part of Clay Springs in Arizona. In September 2026 it scored in the 55.3th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Above Average rating, above the national midpoint for reported crime.

Nationally it ranks #4,955, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Arizona it ranks #139 of 241. That is 15.9 points below the Arizona median of 71.2.

Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.

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5 of 6 score lower than 85923. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

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Questions about 85923

Is ZIP code 85923 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 85923 scores in the 55.3th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Above Average rating: above the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 85923 calculated?: SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
How does 85923 compare with the rest of Arizona?: It ranks #139 of 241 scored ZIP codes in Arizona, against a state median of the 71.2th percentile. Nationally it ranks #4,955 of 14,733.

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, September 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.