The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Villa del Carmen, Ponce, PR: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Villa del Carmen

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

 

Villa del Carmen, Ponce, PR Map of Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

D
D-
Other Crime Grade
C-

$4.46 million

Cost of Crime™ for Villa del Carmen, Ponce, PR

In 2025, crime will cost $2,779 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Villa del Carmen 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 Villa del Carmen, Ponce, PR Safe?

The D overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Villa del Carmen's combined rate is higher than the norm. Villa del Carmen sits in the 16th percentile, ahead of 16% of neighborhoods and behind 84%. The grade covers only Villa del Carmen's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Villa del Carmen is 63.83 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the west part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 11 in the south areas to 1 in 18 in the west.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the west parts of Villa del Carmen, Ponce, PR report the most crime, about 54 cases per year. The central part reports the fewest, around 6 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Villa del Carmen, Ponce, PR

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Villa del Carmen for 2025 is $4,462,966, about $1,038 per resident and $2,779 per household. That equals 4.7% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 51.2%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 37.9%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 10.8%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Villa del Carmen Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Villa del Carmen, Ponce, PR: $1038
Urbanizacion Country Club, San: $1081
Villa Carolina, Carolina, PR: $831
Puerto Rico: $895
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Villa del Carmen is $1,038 per year, which is $574 more than the national average and $143 more than Ponce's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Villa del Carmen:
  • In Urbanizacion Country Club, San, crime costs $1,081 per person, which is $43 more than in Villa del Carmen.
  • In Villa Carolina, Carolina, PR, crime costs $831 per person, which is $207 less than in Villa del Carmen

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Villa del Carmen for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Villa del Carmen
Cost per Villa del Carmen Resident
Murder
$1.82 million
$424
Rape/Sexual Assault
$136,002
$32
Robbery
$122,240
$28
Assault
$808,864
$188
Kidnapping
$59,820
$14
Vehicle Theft
$138,959
$32
Burglary
$139,881
$33
Theft
$821,357
$191
Arson
$15,184
$4
Vandalism
$217,848
$51
Animal Cruelty
$5,718
$1
Drug Crimes
$151,182
$35
Identity Theft
$22,463
$5
Total Cost of Crime
$4,462,966
$1,038

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Villa del Carmen, Ponce, 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 Villa del Carmen totals $12,977,368 ($3,018 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $17,440,334 ($4,056 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 neighborhood 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 Villa del Carmen's 4,300 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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Villa del Carmen 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 Villa del Carmen residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
6.550
Robbery
0.9038
Rape
0.5216
Murder
0.2256
Total Violent Crime
8.201 (D)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
36.88
Vehicle Theft
2.087
Burglary
3.587
Arson
0.1462
Total Property Crime
42.70 (D-)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.2294
Drug Crimes
4.753
Vandalism
7.092
Identity Theft
0.6749
Animal Cruelty
0.1798
Total "Other" Rate
12.93 (C-)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Villa del Carmen is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Villa del Carmen.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D
D+
D
D+
D
D+
B-
C+
B-
D+
D+
D
C+
C+
C+
C
C
C-
C-
C-
C-
C
C
C-
C
C-
C
C
D+
C

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Villa del Carmen is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

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

Considering only the crime rate, Villa del Carmen is less safe than 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 Villa del Carmen, Ponce, PR average SchoolGrade of N/A, with N/A% actual proficiency versus N/A% projected; overall, schools N/A. See Villa del Carmen schools on SchoolGrade

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