Rita Ranch is a neighborhood of 18,300 residents in Tucson, about 14 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Rita Ranch in Tucson safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Rita Ranch has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Tucson as a whole grades B-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 885 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Rita Ranch as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rita Ranch scores 885.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 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 on the national scale. Grades across Rita Ranch run from A+ to A; every part of Rita Ranch has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Rita Ranch has less crime than 41 of the 44 neighborhoods in Tucson. It covers much of the Rita Ranch, Stella Mann, and South Harrison areas.
Is 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
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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%
Crime rates and types in Rita Ranch
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rita Ranch has about 17 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 55% less than the US as a whole and 76% less than Tucson as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Rita Ranch, about 33% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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.
How Rita Ranch compares with nearby neighborhoods
Rita Ranch has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Civano has less.
Tree cover, night lighting and walkability in Rita Ranch
Two things set Rita Ranch apart: it has tree cover over 0% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with little tree cover tend to report more robbery.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.under 1% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 and assault. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. 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
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 crime costs Rita Ranch
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Rita Ranch about $504 a year per household, 58% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $7.9 million a year, or $433 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Rita Ranch means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Rita Ranch, Tucson, AZ average a SchoolGrade of A+: 56% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Rita Ranch on SchoolGrade
