Worst Places to Live in Arizona 2024

Are you curious what the worst places to live in Arizona are? Well we have put together a list of 10 places in Arizona you should probably not consider moving too. You will notice many of these places are located in the Phoenix metro area. Some key noteworthy worst places in Arizona that didn't make the list include Bullhead City, Paige, Thatcher and Black Canyon City. We made this Arizona list based on crime statistics as well as overall cost of living and things to do in these places in Arizona.

10 Worst Places to Live in Arizona

1- South Phoenix
2- Sunnyslope
3- Coolidge
4- Casa Grande
5- Ajo
6- Winslow
7- Globe
8- Buckeye
9- Glendale
10- South Tucson

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[LivinginArizona]

Understanding the Arizona Water crisis by examining the reservoirs

[JVlife]

I never thought I’d be alive to hear someone say, “it’s a low income neighborhood, the homes average $350k”.

[valdez]

I’ve lived in south Phoenix for 40 years. Raise a large family 5 girls and 3 boys here. Just in the area of your video. All are doing well and successful . It’s not as bad as you say. You just need to hang out with the right people. Like anywhere you go.

[toadkillerdog]

anyone who says 350k is "lower income" in Arizona doesnt strike me as anybody who truly knows Arizona or been there long.

[diannadima]

How can the average person or family afford a $375K home? How can you say affordable?

[markwalker]

I was born and raised in the south east valley, in the 1960s. I moved to the mid west a decade and a half ago, I can't even recognize it anymore. Thanks for the videos.

[reavisfranklin]

Why does one HAVE to be entertained? Growing up in a small town in Arizona, we created our OWN entertainment.

[JakeASumpter]

Right at 7 minutes and 42 seconds in Casa Grande: "The down town area actually looks pretty good..." right as the camera is passing a building with tape holding a window together from a recent shooting spree. lol

[janisianjusino]

I moved to Coolidge to a new build last year from Gilbert and even though it’s boring it is very quiet and I think this town will grow within 10 years. We are not far from chandler. We have Nikola and soon proctor and gamble manufacturing plant. Also he didn’t mention we have Walmart, Safeway, dollar tree

[Jodyrides]

here in Western Pennsylvania. my mailman often spoke of how he wants to move to Arizona. He said that he put his papers in requesting a transfer as soon as there is an opening in Arizona. he said he’s ready for a change. He doesn’t like snow which, we get about 20 inches of snow a year. He doesn’t like the cold weather, it very rarely goes below 10° here at night in the winter. During the days, it generally goes up to or near 32° during the winters…
so finally an opening in Arizona post office, located in Phoenix. My mailman sold everything. He wasn’t taking with him in a garage sale, and he packed up and left for Phoenix. He said goodbye, and he was gone.
10 days later, I saw him driving his jeep on his route delivering mail again here. I asked him what’s up? I thought you were gone for good, I thought you had it with cold weather and winter..
he said, he never felt comfortable, even walking down the street. He said many people had bars on their windows of their homes and businesses, even on the second floor.
He said a woman in his apartment building had all four of her tires stolen from her car while in the parking lot… she had just got the car back a month earlier from being stolen.. he said, not too many people go out to restaurants at night. You don’t see people walking around at night when it’s cooler on the streets. He said there is a tension in the air you could feel. The people look at you, it’s like they’re scared of you…
so he had just so many days to go back to his old position here in Western Pennsylvania. And he jumped on it after just four days…
he said he is now looking forward to winter and snow. He said he didn’t know how green it was here till he came back. He said everything out there is brown or Tan. winter really only lasts about 10 weeks here. and of those 10 weeks, we really only get about four orfive snow events where are you get maybe two or 3 inches, rarely do we get more than 4 inches overnight, then it’s gone a few days later usually.. we don’t have droughts, we don’t get hurricanes, we don’t get earthquakes, we only get about 60 totally cloudless days a year, that’s why the skin cancer rate here is the lowest in the country.
I asked him if he had ever been to Phoenix before or if he had relatives or friends living there. He said no he had never been there and he doesn’t know anybody there. I told him he did if he had friends or relatives there, or even if he had just visited the place, it would look a lot different. I told him he should’ve gave it a chance. I told him I would like to go to Phoenix… i’ve often thought of moving to Arizona. I’m sure there would be an easy time for me to get a job since I am an HVAC air-conditioning technician.. although, I really don’t like temperatures above 82°. When it hits 90 which is about three or four days a year here, I don’t even go in my pool. I stay in air conditioning. I just ain’t used to heat like they get in the Southwest

[armandogonzales]

I lived in South Tucson from 1977 to 1979 with my family as a teenager. What I saw left an indelible mark in my memory that I will never forget. At no time though did I ever feel I was in any personal danger. But the surroundings were sad and in a strange way, beautiful.

[Expressionistix]

Kingman definitely needs to be in the list. Like Winslow it’s an interstate trucking pit stop town that never really had a reason to develop into anything. A lot of poverty, not a lot of attractions and pinning itself as a 66 historical town as it has no other sense of identity.

[marachristian]

I live in Chino Valley and have to drive to Phoenix (Central and Indian School) once a week. While I feel safe in the parking garage and walking to my building, I will never stop for gas or groceries ANYWHERE near my office. I moved here from Albuquerque to escape crime and traffic, and it is 100 times WORSE in Phoenix (which is why I live in Chino Valley.) Once I retire, I will never go to Phoenix unless I have to use the Airport or visit my sister and my father that live in Mesa (for reasons I will never understand!)

[robertbascelli]

I used to live in Maryvale in the 70s and 80s. It turned into a nasty drug dealing area near Maryvale high school. Its sad when I drive thru that neighborhood now. It used to be a nice place to live.

[pamelascottAZrealtor]

I love Phoenix 🌵 Glad I moved here from the cold, snowy Midwest! Love your Channel!

[margueritemazzeo]

I hate Phoenix .too many drugs..homeless..crime..and the worst drivers I've seen in 5 states..

[mreppen]

Reminds me of Desert Hot Springs, and Yucca Valley, CA. Tweaker land.

[mrbigwheel]

Arizona City, Gila Bend, and Guadalupe are tied for the worst city in Arizona. It’s obvious you have never been to any of these three cities

[fantomclothingco]

I am SUPER surprised that you did not include Guadalupe and Maryvale. I’ve had some colleagues tell me that AJ (Apache Junction for my non-native AZ friends) is getting better bit by bit.

[janisianjusino]

Everywhere there is crime even in high income areas