Rita Ranch, Tucson, AZ Property Crime Rates and Maps
Rita Ranch is a neighborhood of 18,300 residents in Tucson, about 14 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Rita Ranch?
Rita Ranch earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Theft makes up 47% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A. Tucson as a whole grades B- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 850 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Rita Ranch as a whole, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rita Ranch scores 850.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Rita Ranch, Tucson, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rita Ranch in Tucson, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Rita Ranch
Theft runs low. Rita Ranch has 5.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.
How Rita Ranch compares within Tucson
Every part of Rita Ranch where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Rita Ranch run from A to A-.
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Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Rita Ranch has less property crime than 41 of the 44 neighborhoods in Tucson. It covers much of the Rita Ranch, Stella Mann, and South Harrison areas.
Is property crime going up in Tucson?
Reported property crime in Tucson as a whole peaked in 2022 and has fallen 21% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 33 to 34 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
TucsonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Tucson. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Tucson
Property, US
2016
+77%
+15%
2017
+58%
+12%
2018
+49%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+12%
-8%
2021
+25%
-10%
2022
+28%
-6%
2023
+11%
-7%
2024
+2%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Rita Ranch
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rita Ranch has about 11 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 53% less than the US as a whole and 76% less than Tucson as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Rita Ranch, about 47% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Rita Ranch and nearby neighborhoods
Rita Ranch has less property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Civano has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Rita Ranch. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Rita Ranch is safer than 93% of them.
Night lighting, walkability and transit in Rita Ranch
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Rita Ranch apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 3.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.92% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Rita Ranch: D- (7 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Rita Ranch
Property crime costs Rita Ranch about $1.4 million a year, or $76 per resident and about $232 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
