The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Guayama Municipio, PR
Guayama Municipio is home to 36,700 residents · Updated November 2026
Is Guayama Municipio, PR safe?
Crime in Guayama Municipio is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Guayama Municipio. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Guayama Municipio run from A to D+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 764 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Guayama Municipio as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Guayama Municipio scores 764.
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 Guayama Municipio, PR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Guayama Municipio, 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 Guayama Municipio
Aggravated assault is a strength. Guayama Municipio grades B for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 63% of Americans live.
Simple assaults and thefts both run low. In Guayama Municipio, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.62 simple assaults and 3.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 and 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Guayama Municipio
Low crime is the norm across Guayama Municipio: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Guayama Municipio run from A to D+; 25% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
86%11%
A or B 86%C 11%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Guayama Municipio
CrimeGrade™ estimates Guayama Municipio has about 10 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 72% 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 Guayama Municipio, about 32% 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 Guayama Municipio compares with nearby counties
Guayama Municipio has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties. Patillas Municipio and Maunabo Municipio have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Guayama Municipio. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Guayama Municipio has more crime than 75% of them.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Guayama Municipio
One thing sets Guayama Municipio apart: it has 14.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary and arson; here burglary sits near the national middle.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.14.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 96% of Americans
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.70% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 71% of Americans
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. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 67% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.28% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 69% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 61% of Americans
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 Guayama Municipio
Crime costs Guayama Municipio about $939 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 22% 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 $81 million a year, or $2,207 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$10 million
$274
Rape
$320,000
$9
Robbery
$380,000
$10
Assault
$1.1 million
$30
Burglary
$540,000
$15
Theft
$610,000
$17
Vehicle theft
$460,000
$13
Arson
$150,000
$4
Vandalism
$590,000
$16
Total
$14 million
$387
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 Guayama Municipio 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.
