Wakefield, Tucson, AZ Property Crime Rates and Maps
Wakefield is a neighborhood of 4,960 residents in Tucson, about 3 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Wakefield?
Wakefield grades D- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live. Theft makes up 59% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades D-. Tucson as a whole grades B- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 116 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
10% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Wakefield as a whole, and 90% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wakefield scores 116.
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 Wakefield, Tucson, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wakefield 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 Wakefield
Theft stands out among neighborhoods graded D for property crime. For the typical resident of a US neighborhood graded D for property crime, the figure is 18.6 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Wakefield has 44.7.
Car thefts run high. Wakefield has car thefts at about triple the US rate: 7.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Wakefield
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wakefield has about 76 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and 63% more 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 Wakefield, about 59% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
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 Wakefield and nearby neighborhoods
Wakefield has more property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Westside Development and Las Vistas have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Wakefield. 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, Wakefield has more property crime than 85% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Wakefield apart: it has 18.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and car theft, and they run high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.18.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.24% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 77% 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.B- (52 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 66% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 67% 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 Wakefield
Property crime costs Wakefield about $2.6 million a year, or $531 per resident and about $1,258 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.
