The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Dorado, PR
Dorado is an unincorporated community of 40,100 in Dorado Municipio, about 12 miles west of downtown San Juan · Updated November 2026
Is Dorado, PR safe?
Crime in Dorado is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Dorado. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Dorado run from A- to C+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 684 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Dorado as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Dorado scores 684.
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 Dorado, PR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Dorado, 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 Dorado
Aggravated assault is a strength. Dorado grades B- for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live.
Simple assaults and thefts both run low. In Dorado, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.64 simple assaults and 3.1 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 and 13.1 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Dorado
Most of Dorado grades well: 88% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Dorado run from A- to C+; every part of Dorado has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
88%12%
A or B 88%C 12%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Quintas de Villa Mar, northClose to the rest of Dorado on most crimes.A-783
2Urbanizacion Paisajes de Dorado, centralBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Dorado.B+721
3Valle Dorado, southClose to the rest of Dorado on most crimes.B666
4Parcelas Mameyal, Urbanizacion Dorado del Mar & Quintas de Dorado, northeastAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Dorado.B636
5Urbanizacion Las Colinas, Urbanizacion Santa Rita-Dorado & Urbanizacion La Inmaculada, southwestActs of vandalism run at about triple the rate in the rest of Dorado.B-584
Neighborhood areas of Dorado, 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 Dorado
CrimeGrade™ estimates Dorado has about 10.0 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 73% 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 Dorado, about 31% of everything reported.
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 Dorado compares with nearby cities
Dorado has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities. Corozal and La Trocha have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Dorado
Two things set Dorado apart: it has 0.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 15.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with little parking-lot space 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.0.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 98% 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.15.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 97% 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. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 66% 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.28% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 67% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 61% 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.96% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 51% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Dorado 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 Dorado
Crime costs Dorado about $925 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 23% 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 $78 million a year, or $1,954 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$9.5 million
$237
Rape
$310,000
$8
Robbery
$470,000
$12
Assault
$1.3 million
$32
Burglary
$630,000
$16
Theft
$630,000
$16
Vehicle theft
$450,000
$11
Arson
$120,000
$3
Vandalism
$580,000
$15
Total
$14 million
$349
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 Dorado 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.
