Police calls for service in Phoenix, August 2026
Phoenix’s open-data portal lists 61,295 police calls for service for August 2026, up 27.3% on a year earlier. The 12-month average is 54,220 a month. That is 36.80 police calls for service per 1,000 residents.
This counts the rows of a police data feed, so it moves with how and when events are recorded as well as with how many happen. It is a count of records, not the department’s own crime statistic, and a change in the reporting system shows up as a step in the line.
The heavier line is the 12-month average, which takes out the seasonal swing; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. The newest month is left out until it is complete.
The second graph divides the count by Phoenix’s population: the Census Bureau’s July 1 estimate for the city, interpolated to months. A growing city can post more records at a flat rate.
Source: Phoenix Open Data, police calls for service, counted by month. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, city July 1 estimates, interpolated to monthly. Auto-generated each build.