The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Penuelas Municipio, PR
Penuelas Municipio is home to 20,400 residents · Updated November 2026
Is Penuelas Municipio, PR safe?
Yes, crime in Penuelas Municipio is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Penuelas Municipio sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 45% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A+ against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Penuelas Municipio run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 814 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Penuelas Municipio as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Penuelas Municipio scores 814.
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 Penuelas Municipio, PR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Penuelas 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 Penuelas Municipio
Aggravated assault is a strength. Penuelas Municipio grades B+ for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 68% of Americans live.
Thefts are uncommon. Penuelas Municipio has thefts at a small fraction of the US rate: 2.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Penuelas Municipio
Every part of Penuelas Municipio where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Penuelas Municipio run from A to B; 26% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Penuelas Municipio
CrimeGrade™ estimates Penuelas Municipio has about 9.2 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 Penuelas Municipio, about 29% 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 Penuelas Municipio compares with nearby counties
Penuelas Municipio has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Penuelas 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, Penuelas Municipio has more crime than 63% of them.
Shops, empty homes and walkability in Penuelas Municipio
Two things set Penuelas Municipio apart: it has 5.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 17.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 99% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.17.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% 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. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 58% of Americans
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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.55% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 81% of Americans
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
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 Penuelas Municipio
Crime costs Penuelas Municipio about $1,008 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 16% 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 $44 million a year, or $2,138 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.4 million
$268
Rape
$170,000
$8
Robbery
$190,000
$9
Assault
$560,000
$28
Burglary
$270,000
$13
Theft
$280,000
$14
Vehicle theft
$240,000
$12
Arson
$78,000
$4
Vandalism
$300,000
$15
Total
$7.5 million
$371
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 Penuelas 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.
