The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Isabela Municipio, PR
Isabela Municipio is home to 42,900 residents · Updated November 2026
Is Isabela Municipio, PR safe?
Crime in Isabela Municipio is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Isabela Municipio. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Isabela Municipio run from A to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 759 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
37% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Isabela Municipio as a whole, and 63% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Isabela Municipio scores 759.
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 Isabela Municipio, PR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Isabela 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 Isabela Municipio
Aggravated assault is a strength. Isabela 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 Isabela Municipio, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.57 simple assaults and 2.9 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 and 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Isabela Municipio
Low crime is the norm across Isabela Municipio: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Isabela Municipio run from A to C+; 13% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
97%
A or B 97%C 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the Quebradillas area has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in Isabela Municipio
CrimeGrade™ estimates Isabela Municipio has about 9.3 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 75% 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 Isabela Municipio, 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 Isabela Municipio compares with nearby counties
Isabela Municipio has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest counties. Las Marias Municipio and Lares Municipio have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Isabela 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, Isabela Municipio has more crime than 79% of them.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Isabela Municipio
One thing sets Isabela Municipio apart: it has 27.2% 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.27.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 99% 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.59% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 79% 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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 68% 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.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 60% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 53% 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 Isabela Municipio
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Isabela Municipio about $905 a year per household, 25% 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 $91 million a year, or $2,109 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$11 million
$261
Rape
$440,000
$10
Robbery
$460,000
$11
Assault
$1.2 million
$28
Burglary
$580,000
$13
Theft
$640,000
$15
Vehicle theft
$470,000
$11
Arson
$160,000
$4
Vandalism
$590,000
$14
Total
$16 million
$367
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 Isabela 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.
