The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Mayaguez, PR
Mayaguez is a community of 65,800 in Mayaguez Municipio and the main city of the Mayaguez metro area, home to 213,800 · Updated November 2026
Is Mayaguez, PR safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Mayaguez 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 Mayaguez run from A to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 662 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Mayaguez as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mayaguez scores 662.
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 Mayaguez, PR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mayaguez, 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 Mayaguez
Aggravated assault is a strength. Mayaguez grades C+ for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live.
Burglaries run high in Dulces Labios & Barrio Buena Vista. In this part of central Mayaguez, they run at about double the rate in the rest of Mayaguez.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Mayaguez
Low crime is the norm across Mayaguez: 76% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Mayaguez run from A to F; 10% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
76%14%10%
A or B 76%C 14%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Lomas Verdes-Mayaguez, southeastBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Mayaguez.A-772
2Urbanizacion Mayaguez Terrace, northThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Mayaguez.B+694
3La Salud, eastActs of vandalism run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Mayaguez.B662
4Villa del Oeste & Residencial Flamboyan Gdns, southwestClose to the rest of Mayaguez on most crimes.B650
5Urbanizacion Quinto Centenario, Alturas de Mayaguez & Parcelas Mani, northwestClose to the rest of Mayaguez on most crimes.B648
6Urbanizacion Sultana, Urbanizacion Rio Cristal & Barrio Colombia, southCar thefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Mayaguez.B-603
7Dulces Labios & Barrio Buena Vista, centralActs of vandalism run at about double the rate in the rest of Mayaguez.C-312
Neighborhood areas of Mayaguez, 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 Mayaguez
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mayaguez has about 12 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 68% less than the US as a whole and 22% more than 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 Mayaguez, about 27% 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 Mayaguez compares with nearby cities
Mayaguez has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Mayaguez
Two things set Mayaguez apart: it has 25.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 0.6 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.25.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 89% 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. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 72% 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.34% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 72% 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.82% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 69% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 57% of US city residents
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 Mayaguez
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Mayaguez about $984 a year per household, 18% 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 $157 million a year, or $2,384 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$19 million
$295
Rape
$620,000
$9
Robbery
$880,000
$13
Assault
$2.1 million
$32
Burglary
$1.2 million
$19
Theft
$1.1 million
$17
Vehicle theft
$920,000
$14
Arson
$370,000
$6
Vandalism
$1.5 million
$23
Total
$28 million
$427
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 Mayaguez 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.
