Wakefield is a neighborhood of 4,960 residents in Tucson, about 3 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Wakefield in Tucson safe?
Wakefield is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of D-, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade D- here. Tucson as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Wakefield run from C to F, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 115 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
8% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Wakefield as a whole, and 92% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wakefield scores 115.
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 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 in Wakefield
Thefts run high for a D-graded neighborhood. Wakefield has 44.7 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a D-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 21.2.
Aggravated assault at more than triple the US rate. Wakefield has 9.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Wakefield
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wakefield has about 115 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and 66% more 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.
Theft makes up about 39% of crime reported in Wakefield. Assault is less common but 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.
How Wakefield compares with nearby neighborhoods
Wakefield has the most crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Wakefield apart: it has tree cover over 0% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 18.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
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
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
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.B- (52 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 66% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.24% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 77% 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 Wakefield
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Wakefield about $3,275 a year per household, more than double 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 $23 million a year, or $4,535 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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield, Tucson, AZ average a SchoolGrade of D-: 22% of students test proficient, against 19% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Wakefield on SchoolGrade
