Safety in Drexel Heights: figures, but no grade
Drexel Heights has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Pima County. The Pima County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Drexel Heights alone, and no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Tucson, 10 miles away, at D. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 4.
What stands out about safety in Drexel Heights
Policed by the county
Drexel Heights is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Pima County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Pima County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Drexel Heights. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Arizona towns with their own police figures are Tucson (D, 10 mi), Sahuarita (B+, 15 mi), Oro Valley (B+, 19 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Drexel Heights. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Pima County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Pima County without police of their own, which include Drexel Heights.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Arizona towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Drexel Heights. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Drexel Heights.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
23 people died in crashes on Drexel Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Drexel Heights had 23 fatal crashes in five years, in which 23 people died; 8 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 16.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Arizona towns of 25,000–100,000 people (7.5, 24 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Drexel Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson | D | 4.7 | 27.0 |
| Valencia West | — | — | — |
| Tucson Estates | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Valencia West and Tucson Estates are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Drexel Heights
Is Drexel Heights, AZ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Drexel Heights. The nearest Arizona towns with a grade are Tucson (D, 10 mi), Sahuarita (B+, 15 mi), Oro Valley (B+, 19 mi).
Who polices Drexel Heights?
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office. Drexel Heights is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Pima County without police of their own.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.