Cabo Rojo is an unincorporated community of 35,600 in Cabo Rojo Municipio, about 9 miles south of Mayaguez · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Cabo Rojo?
Cabo Rojo grades B for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live. Assaults make up 71% of it, most of them aggravated assaults, which involve a weapon or a serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 690 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Cabo Rojo as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Cabo Rojo scores 690.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Cabo Rojo, PR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cabo Rojo, 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 about violent crime in Cabo Rojo
Aggravated assault is a strength. Cabo Rojo grades B for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Cabo Rojo
Most of Cabo Rojo grades well for violent crime: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 1% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Cabo Rojo run from A to D.
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A or B 93%C 6%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Parcelas Betances, southeastClose to the rest of Cabo Rojo on most crimes.A-784
2Urbanizacion Ramirez, eastClose to the rest of Cabo Rojo on most crimes.B+725
3Alturas de Joyuda, northwestClose to the rest of Cabo Rojo on most crimes.B648
4Parcelas Las Margaritas, northeastClose to the rest of Cabo Rojo on most crimes.B646
5Parcelas Elizabeth, Alturas de Puerto Real & Parcelas Puerto Real, westClose to the rest of Cabo Rojo on most crimes.B-607
6Urbanizacion Borinquen & Urbanizacion Ana Maria, northClose to the rest of Cabo Rojo on most crimes.C+510
Neighborhood areas of Cabo Rojo, ranked by violent crime 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.
Violent crime rates and types in Cabo Rojo
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cabo Rojo has about 1.8 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 87% less than the US as a whole and 18% less than Puerto Rico.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Cabo Rojo, about 71% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.
Violent crime in Cabo Rojo and nearby cities
Cabo Rojo has more violent crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities. Las Marias and Maricao have the least violent crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Cabo Rojo. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Cabo Rojo has more violent crime than 83% of them.
Cabo Rojo looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with violent crime.
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 assault. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 56% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.16% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 51% 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 violent crime costs Cabo Rojo
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Cabo Rojo about $60 million a year, or $1,693 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $9.1 million, or $256 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 85% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$7.7 million
$215
Rape
$270,000
$8
Robbery
$290,000
$8
Assault
$880,000
$25
Total
$9.1 million
$256
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Cabo Rojo 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.
