Tucson Assault
Tucson · Assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Tucson police open data recorded 11,000 assault incidents, 14.6% of all 75,329 incidents reported in the city that year and down 8.8% from 2024. That is about 1,986 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 8,735 assault incidents have been published.
Assault in Tucson by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 8,735 | — | — |
| 2025 | 11,000 | 1,986 | down 8.8% |
| 2024 | 12,057 | 2,176 | up 6.6% |
| 2023 | 11,315 | 2,042 | down 1.8% |
| 2022 | 11,517 | 2,079 | up 13.7% |
| 2021 | 10,125 | 1,828 | down 0.1% |
| 2020 | 10,138 | 1,830 | down 9.1% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 96,920 assault incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)
- Sunnyside 400 incidents
- Amphi 306 incidents
- Downtown 257 incidents
- Midvale Park 205 incidents
- Flowing Wells 194 incidents
- Dietz 169 incidents
- Kino Gateway 147 incidents
- West University 145 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many assault incidents were reported in Tucson in 2025?
11,000, according to Tucson Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is assault going up or down in Tucson?
Reported assault was down 8.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 4.5% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Tucson Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Tucson
- Tucson other 36,379 in 2025
- Tucson theft 10,414 in 2025
- Tucson vandalism 7,817 in 2025
- Tucson theft from vehicle 2,240 in 2025
- Tucson auto theft 1,942 in 2025
- Tucson burglary 1,867 in 2025
- Tucson fraud 1,314 in 2025
- Tucson sexual assault 1,145 in 2025
- Tucson robbery 661 in 2025
- Tucson bike theft 498 in 2025
- Tucson homicide 52 in 2025