Neighborhood overview
El Cortez Heights, Tucson
Recent police-feed safety data for El Cortez Heights in Tucson, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2023 national average. Sourced directly from the Tucson police open-data feed.
Safety Index
El Cortez Heights reports close to Tucson's citywide rate.
Violent (persons)
20 / 100k local
vs Tucson 109 / 100k citywide (-82%)
reference: FBI 379.5 / 100k national (-95%)
Property
454 / 100k local
vs Tucson 273 / 100k citywide (+66%)
reference: FBI 1,934.1 / 100k national (-77%)
~5,079 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023-2024) · window ~364 days · newest report Jul 8, 2026 · FBI UCR national rate per 100k (2023 revised, per CIUS 2024)
Smaller-than-usual data window. Based on a ~364-day data window with 24 incidents — read the grade as provisional; a longer window will tighten the comparison.
Recent activity (9 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in evening (6pm–12am) (56% of the window).
- · society / public-order reports up 3 week-over-week (3 this week, 0 the week before).
- · Most reports in El Cortez Heights occur during evening (6pm-12am) — 56% of the past 30 days landed in that window.
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How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. These scores should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.