The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Santa Isabel, PR
Santa Isabel is an unincorporated community of 10,100 in Santa Isabel Municipio, about 12 miles southeast of downtown Villalba · Updated November 2026
Is Santa Isabel, PR safe?
Santa Isabel has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 81% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Santa Isabel run from B+ to D+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 530 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
19% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Santa Isabel as a whole, and 81% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Santa Isabel scores 530.
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 Santa Isabel, PR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Santa Isabel, 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 Santa Isabel
Theft runs low. Santa Isabel has 2.9 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Santa Isabel
Areas graded C are home to 45% of residents in Santa Isabel; 42% live in areas graded A or B and 13% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Santa Isabel run from B+ to D+; every part of Santa Isabel has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
42%45%13%
A or B 42%C 45%D or F 13%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Parcelas Jauca, southeastClose to the rest of Santa Isabel on most crimes.B+703
2Parcelas El Ojo, northeastClose to the rest of Santa Isabel on most crimes.B620
3Parcelas Las Ollas, northwestClose to the rest of Santa Isabel on most crimes.C+515
Neighborhood areas of Santa Isabel, 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 Santa Isabel
CrimeGrade™ estimates Santa Isabel has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% less than the US as a whole and more than double the rate for 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.
Vandalism is the most common crime in Santa Isabel, about 48% 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 Santa Isabel compares with nearby cities
Santa Isabel has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Empty homes, shops and walkability in Santa Isabel
Two things set Santa Isabel apart: it has 18.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 6.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.18.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 85% 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. 63% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% 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.41% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 77% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 70% 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.84% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 68% 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 Santa Isabel
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Santa Isabel about $1,389 a year per household, 15% more 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 $30 million a year, or $2,915 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.8 million
$279
Rape
$110,000
$11
Robbery
$83,000
$8
Assault
$1.5 million
$145
Burglary
$210,000
$20
Theft
$150,000
$15
Vehicle theft
$150,000
$15
Arson
$53,000
$5
Vandalism
$880,000
$87
Total
$5.9 million
$585
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 Santa Isabel 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. Santa Isabel is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
