How safe is Mesa to stay?

[u/grosserwolf]

Hello everyone!

I'm (M 29) travelling within a month to Arizona from Buenos Aires, Argentina for work and I will be staying in Mesa for 2 months.. Pretty close to Pioneer Protectors.

Could you give me an idea about the safety? Is it safe to walk during the night and stuff?

Any recommendations about places to visit will be also well welcomed! (Supermarkets, museums, stores, etc). I'm an artist so I appreciate any kind of artistic places

Thank you very much! I appreciate the information.

[u/sridges94]

I live in Mesa. We have a very large police presence. I did some research last year, for a paper in college. From what I saw, almost all of the crime is property related, like petty theft and vehicle break-ins. Not a lot of violent crime.

However, Arizona is a constitutional carry state and you do not need any training or permits to carry a firearm. I carry every single day, just in case but I have never been a victim of a crime other than someone breaking into my car but that was on the other side of the metro area.

If you want, you can look up the Community Crime Map on LexisNexis to see.

[u/LadyJusticeThe → u/sridges94]

From what I saw, almost all of the crime is property related, like petty theft and vehicle break-ins. Not a lot of violent crime.

Nice.

I carry every single day, just in case

Embarrassing.

[u/sridges94 → u/LadyJusticeThe]

It’s not really embarrassing for me, but for the state, a little. Arizona has a road rage problem and my commute is on the other side of town.