The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Caguas, PR
Caguas is an unincorporated community of 115,400 in Caguas Municipio, about 18 miles south of downtown San Juan · Updated November 2026
Is Caguas, PR safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Caguas has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Caguas run from A to D, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 660 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Caguas as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Caguas scores 660.
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.
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 Caguas, PR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Caguas, 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 Caguas
Aggravated assault is a strength. Caguas grades C+ for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live.
Simple assaults and thefts both run low. In Caguas, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.62 simple assaults and 3.6 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 and 13.1 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Caguas
Low crime is the norm across Caguas: 73% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 2% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Caguas run from A to D; 2% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
73%25%
A or B 73%C 25%D or F 2%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Alturas Del Turabo, Urbanizacion Sabanera De Rio & Villa Borinquen Los Prados, southeastBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Caguas.B+755
2Urbanizacion Borinquen Valley & Villa Del Rey 1, southBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Caguas.B+712
3Estancias Del Bosque, Villa Nueva & Villa Del Rey 4, southwestCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Caguas.B+701
4Residencial Bairoa, Urbanizacion Mirador De Bairoa & Valle Tolima, northRobberies run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Caguas.B667
6Urbanizacion Santa Elvira, Urbanizacion Condado Moderno & Urbanizacion Villa Blanca, northeastBurglaries run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Caguas.B647
7Urbanizacion Las Veredas, Villa De Castro & Urbanizacion Praderas, eastCar thefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Caguas.B-600
8Urbanizacion Mariolga, Barriada Morales & Urbanizacion Bonneville Gdns, centralCar thefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Caguas.C431
Neighborhood areas of Caguas, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Crime rates and types in Caguas
CrimeGrade™ estimates Caguas has about 11 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 71% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Caguas, about 34% of everything reported, but murder costs more, because each one does far more harm.
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 Caguas compares with nearby cities
Caguas has the most crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Caguas
Two things set Caguas apart: it has 16.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 0.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and arson run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.16.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 97% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 96% 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. 62% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (28 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 78% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.43% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 79% of US city residents
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.84% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 68% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 66% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Caguas 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 Caguas
Crime costs Caguas about $964 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 20% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $46 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $260 million a year, or $2,249 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$32 million
$278
Rape
$1.1 million
$10
Robbery
$1.6 million
$14
Assault
$3.5 million
$30
Burglary
$1.9 million
$16
Theft
$2.2 million
$19
Vehicle theft
$1.6 million
$14
Arson
$430,000
$4
Vandalism
$1.7 million
$14
Total
$46 million
$398
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 Caguas 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
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.
