The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Luquillo, PR: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Luquillo

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

 

Luquillo, PR Map of Crime Rates
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F

Overall Crime Grade™

D-
F
Other Crime Grade
D+

$13.6 million

Cost of Crime™ for Luquillo, PR

In 2025, crime will cost $2,311 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Luquillo 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 Luquillo, PR Safe?

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

The overall crime rate in Luquillo is 57.69 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the central part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 14 in the north neighborhoods to 1 in 21 in the central.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the north parts of Luquillo, PR report the most crime, about 228 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 20 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Luquillo, PR

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Luquillo for 2025 is $13,600,839, about $862 per resident and $2,311 per household. That equals 5.4% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 53.6%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 35.2%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.1%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Luquillo Compared to Other Cities?

Luquillo, PR: $862
San Juan, PR: $1145
Los Panes, PR: $644
Puerto Rico: $895
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Luquillo is $862 per year, which is $397 more than the national average and $33 less than Puerto Rico's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Luquillo:
  • In San Juan, PR, crime costs $1,145 per person, which is $284 more than in Luquillo.
  • In Los Panes, PR, crime costs $644 per person, which is $218 less than in Luquillo

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Luquillo for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Luquillo
Cost per Luquillo Resident
Murder
$4.77 million
$302
Rape/Sexual Assault
$736,682
$47
Robbery
$327,979
$21
Assault
$2.62 million
$166
Kidnapping
$237,960
$15
Vehicle Theft
$276,486
$18
Burglary
$526,206
$33
Theft
$2.78 million
$176
Arson
$57,794
$4
Vandalism
$844,553
$54
Animal Cruelty
$22,350
$1
Drug Crimes
$329,859
$21
Identity Theft
$77,426
$5
Total Cost of Crime
$13,600,839
$862

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Luquillo, 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 Luquillo totals $35,902,519 ($2,275 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $49,503,358 ($3,136 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 city 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 Luquillo's 15,784 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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Luquillo 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 Luquillo residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
5.774
Robbery
0.6606
Rape
0.7698
Murder
0.1608
Total Violent Crime
7.365 (D-)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
33.98
Vehicle Theft
1.131
Burglary
3.676
Arson
0.1516
Total Property Crime
38.94 (F)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.2486
Drug Crimes
2.825
Vandalism
7.490
Identity Theft
0.6338
Animal Cruelty
0.1914
Total "Other" Rate
11.39 (D+)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Luquillo is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Luquillo.

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

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Luquillo is higher versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

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

Considering only the crime rate, Luquillo is as safe as 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 Luquillo, PR average SchoolGrade of N/A, with N/A% actual proficiency versus N/A% projected; overall, schools N/A. See Luquillo schools on SchoolGrade

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