The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Sahuarita, AZ
Sahuarita is a town of 40,300 in Pima County, about 19 miles south of downtown Tucson · Updated November 2026
Is Sahuarita, AZ safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Sahuarita is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Sahuarita sits near the middle: 60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map and the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 878 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Sahuarita as a whole, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sahuarita scores 878.
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 Sahuarita, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sahuarita, 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 Sahuarita
Aggravated assaults are uncommon. Sahuarita has aggravated assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.68 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
How neighborhoods in Sahuarita compare
Every part of Sahuarita where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Sahuarita run from A+ to A-; 51% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Quail Creek, southeastSimple assaults run at about half the rate in the rest of Sahuarita.A+925
2Madera Highlands, southClose to the rest of Sahuarita on most crimes.A886
3The Presidios at Rancho Sahuarita, northwestClose to the rest of Sahuarita on most crimes.A877
4Rancho Sahuarita, northThefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Sahuarita.A-802
Neighborhood areas of Sahuarita, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Sahuarita?
Reported crime in Sahuarita has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 33% and property crime down 12%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.4 to 0.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 11 to 9.7 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 28%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
SahuaritaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Sahuarita. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Sahuarita
Violent, US
Property, Sahuarita
Property, US
2016
-42%
+4%
+17%
+15%
2017
-31%
+4%
+0%
+12%
2018
-9%
+0%
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-23%
+4%
-28%
-8%
2021
-2%
+6%
-26%
-10%
2022
-26%
+5%
-14%
-6%
2023
-8%
+2%
-18%
-7%
2024
-34%
-4%
-12%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Sahuarita
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sahuarita has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 42% less than the US as a whole and 46% less than Arizona.
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.
Theft is the most common crime in Sahuarita, about 37% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
Where and when crime happens in Sahuarita
Sahuarita has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Sahuarita, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 48% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Sahuarita compares with nearby cities
Sahuarita has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Sahuarita apart: it has 11 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 4.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.11 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 97% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 95% of US city residents
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. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (4 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 94% of US city residents
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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.47% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 88% of US city residents
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 82% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 70% of US city residents
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 Sahuarita
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Sahuarita about $630 a year per household, 48% 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 $24 million a year, or $584 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.6 million
$40
Rape
$380,000
$10
Robbery
$50,000
$1
Assault
$2.9 million
$72
Burglary
$350,000
$9
Theft
$1.7 million
$41
Vehicle theft
$260,000
$6
Arson
$39,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$28
Total
$8.4 million
$208
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 Sahuarita 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. Sahuarita is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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 Sahuarita, AZ average a SchoolGrade of A-: 42% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Sahuarita on SchoolGrade
