The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Buena Vista Santurce, San Juan, PR: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Buena Vista Santurce

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Buena Vista Santurce. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Buena Vista Santurce, San Juan, PR Map of Crime Rates
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F

Overall Crime Grade™

F
F
Other Crime Grade
D-

$6.14 million

Cost of Crime™ for Buena Vista Santurce, San Juan, PR

In 2025, crime will cost $3,440 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Buena Vista Santurce with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Buena Vista Santurce, San Juan, PR Safe?

The F overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Buena Vista Santurce's combined rate is much higher than the norm. Buena Vista Santurce sits in the 6th percentile, ahead of 6% of neighborhoods and behind 94%. The grade covers only Buena Vista Santurce's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Buena Vista Santurce is 84.28 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the west part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 10 in the south areas to 1 in 14 in the west.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northeast parts of Buena Vista Santurce, San Juan, PR report the most crime, about 97 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Buena Vista Santurce, San Juan, PR

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Buena Vista Santurce for 2025 is $6,138,491, about $1,439 per resident and $3,440 per household. That equals 14.8% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 50.1%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 39.1%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 10.8%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Buena Vista Santurce Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Buena Vista Santurce, San Juan, PR: $1439
Urbanizacion Country Club, San: $1081
Villa Carolina, Carolina, PR: $831
Puerto Rico: $895
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Buena Vista Santurce is $1,439 per year, which is $975 more than the national average and $544 more than San Juan's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Buena Vista Santurce:
  • In Urbanizacion Country Club, San, crime costs $1,081 per person, which is $358 less than in Buena Vista Santurce.
  • In Villa Carolina, Carolina, PR, crime costs $831 per person, which is $608 less than in Buena Vista Santurce

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Buena Vista Santurce for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Buena Vista Santurce
Cost per Buena Vista Santurce Resident
Murder
$2.39 million
$560
Rape/Sexual Assault
$136,671
$32
Robbery
$137,074
$32
Assault
$1.31 million
$308
Kidnapping
$61,514
$14
Vehicle Theft
$341,828
$80
Burglary
$256,205
$60
Theft
$884,925
$207
Arson
$18,215
$4
Vandalism
$359,559
$84
Animal Cruelty
$7,105
$2
Drug Crimes
$208,189
$49
Identity Theft
$27,845
$7
Total Cost of Crime
$6,138,491
$1,439

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Buena Vista Santurce, San Juan, PR

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Buena Vista Santurce totals $16,842,161 ($3,948 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $22,980,652 ($5,387 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The neighborhood holds few retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of Buena Vista Santurce's 4,266 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Buena Vista Santurce Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Buena Vista Santurce residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
10.71
Robbery
1.022
Rape
0.5284
Murder
0.2978
Total Violent Crime
12.56 (F)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
40.05
Vehicle Theft
5.175
Burglary
6.622
Arson
0.1768
Total Property Crime
52.03 (F)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.2378
Drug Crimes
6.598
Vandalism
11.80
Identity Theft
0.8433
Animal Cruelty
0.2252
Total "Other" Rate
19.70 (D-)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Buena Vista Santurce is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Buena Vista Santurce.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D-
D-
F
D-
D-
D-
D-
D-
D-
F
D-
F
D-
D-
D-
D
D
D-
D
D
D
F
D-
F
D
D
D
D
D
D-

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Buena Vista Santurce is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
B-
B+
B+
B+
D+
D+
B
B
B
C
B+
B+
B-
C
C
B
A+
A+
A+
A+
A+
C+
D
D
F
F
F
D
B+
B+

Considering only the crime rate, Buena Vista Santurce is less safe than the Puerto Rico state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Buena Vista Santurce, San Juan, PR average SchoolGrade of N/A, with N/A% actual proficiency versus N/A% projected; overall, schools N/A. See Buena Vista Santurce schools on SchoolGrade

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