Crime in Bayamon Gardens, PR

Bayamon Gardens is a community of 7,760 in Toa Alta Municipio, about 8 miles southwest of downtown San Juan · Updated November 2026

Is Bayamon Gardens, PR safe?

Crime in Bayamon Gardens is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Bayamon Gardens. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against C+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from B+ to B-; see the map below.

B
Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 634 of 1,000
Less safe than most US neighborhoods What this means

25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bayamon Gardens as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bayamon Gardens scores 634.

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.

C+
Violent crimeSafety score 489 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoods
A
Property crimeSafety score 881 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Crime map of Bayamon Gardens

Map of Bayamon Gardens shaded by overall CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Bayamon Gardens, PR at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bayamon Gardens, 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 Bayamon Gardens

Crime per resident runs lower than the grade suggests. Few people come to Bayamon Gardens to work or shop: it has only 0.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. With few visitors, its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against the people, homes and parked cars actually here.


Crime rates and types in Bayamon Gardens

CrimeGrade™ estimates Bayamon Gardens has about 5.8 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 84% less than the US as a whole and 41% less than Puerto Rico.

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 is the most common crime in Bayamon Gardens, about 25% of everything reported.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderD-under 10.100.05
RapeAunder 10.090.38
RobberyB+under 10.090.62
AssaultA+80.9812.3
Property crime
BurglaryA101.32.4
TheftA111.513.1
Vehicle theftA70.922.7
ArsonAunder 10.060.12
VandalismA+60.815.5

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 Bayamon Gardens compares with nearby cities

Bayamon Gardens has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities. Fort Buchanan and Naranjito have the least crime nearby.

Nearby cities

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Bayamon GardensB634C+A7,760
Bayamon 3 milesB633C+A188,900
San Jose 3 milesB+713B-A20,100
Toa Alta 3 milesB+697B-A45,900
Fort Buchanan 5 milesA-829A-A1,050
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Toa Baja 3 milesB-566C-A63,700
Sabana Seca 3 milesB686B-A2,290
Levittown 5 milesB676C+A1,870
Catano 6 milesC+497D+A23,800
Guaynabo 6 milesB677B-A84,800
Naranjito 7 milesB+727B-A27,100

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Bayamon Gardens. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Bayamon Gardens has more crime than 78% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Bayamon GardensB634C+A7,760
Carson City, MIA+948A+A+8,010
Garden City Park, NYA893AA-7,970
Great Neck Plaza, NYA885AA7,610
Dormont, PAA877AA-8,060
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FLA854AA-7,400
West Miami, FLA-773A-B7,520
Freedom, CAB+755A-B7,980
Bellevue, PAB+754B+B+8,130
Mecca, CAB+743A-B-7,680
Citrus, CAC-371BF7,730

Parking lots, shops and walkability in Bayamon Gardens

Two things set Bayamon Gardens apart: it has 0.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 0.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.

Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.under 1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.0.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 99% of US city residents
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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 78% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.63% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 88% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 77% of US city residents

BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Bayamon Gardens on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.

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 Bayamon Gardens

Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bayamon Gardens about $738 a year per household, 39% 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 $11 million a year, or $1,480 per resident.

How the cost breaks down
CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$1.4 million$186
Rape$44,000$6
Robbery$22,000$3
Assault$150,000$20
Burglary$89,000$11
Theft$59,000$8
Vehicle theft$110,000$14
Arson$11,000$1
Vandalism$44,000$6
Total$2.0 million$254

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 Bayamon Gardens 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

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