Sky Ranch is a neighborhood of 3,760 residents in Santee, about 3 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Sky Ranch in Santee safe?
Crime in Sky Ranch is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Sky Ranch. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. Santee as a whole grades A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A- to B+; see the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 765 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Sky Ranch as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sky Ranch scores 765.
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 Sky Ranch, Santee, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sky Ranch in Santee, 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 Sky Ranch
Aggravated assaults run above the US rate. Sky Ranch has less crime than the US as a whole, 33% below the US rate, but more aggravated assaults: 3.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Santee as a whole, 42% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Sky Ranch
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sky Ranch has about 25 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 33% less than the US as a whole and 23% more than Santee 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 Sky Ranch, about 36% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Santee
The Santee Police Department polices Sky Ranch; these figures cover Santee as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Santee as a whole, 27% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Other places (23%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (76%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Sky Ranch compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Sky Ranch, 7 have less crime. San Carlos and Tierrasanta have the least.
Two things set Sky Ranch apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 16% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault; here theft and assault sit near the national middle.
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 Sky Ranch: D (13 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% 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. 95% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 94% 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 robbery and car theft.16% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.3% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 76% 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 Sky Ranch
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Sky Ranch about $932 a year per household, 23% 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 $4.9 million a year, or $1,303 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 Sky 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
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 Sky Ranch, Santee, CA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 45% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Sky Ranch on SchoolGrade
