Guanica Municipio, PR Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Guanica Municipio is home to 13,800 residents · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Guanica Municipio?

Guanica Municipio 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.

B
Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 686 of 1,000
More violent crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Guanica Municipio 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. Guanica Municipio scores 686.

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.

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Overall crimeSafety score 771 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoods
A
Property crimeSafety score 916 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Guanica Municipio

Map of Guanica Municipio shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
Click the map to explore
F D C B A+
Highest crime Safest
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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 Guanica Municipio, PR at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Guanica 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 about violent crime in Guanica Municipio

Aggravated assault is a strength. Guanica Municipio 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 Guanica Municipio

In Guanica Municipio, 77% of residents live in areas graded A or B for violent crime, 8% in areas graded C and 15% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Guanica Municipio run from A to F.

A or B 77%C 8%D or F 15%

Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.


Violent crime rates and types in Guanica Municipio

CrimeGrade™ estimates Guanica Municipio has about 2.1 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 85% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Guanica Municipio, about 71% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderC+20.150.05
RapeA20.150.38
RobberyA-40.300.62
AssaultA+201.512.3

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 Guanica Municipio and nearby counties

Of the 10 counties closest to Guanica Municipio, 9 have less violent crime. Adjuntas Municipio and Maricao Municipio have the least.

Nearby counties

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Guanica MunicipioB686A-13,800
Yauco Municipio 5 milesB+738A-34,200
Sabana Grande Municipio 6 milesB+698A-22,800
Guayanilla Municipio 8 milesB+754A-17,800
Maricao Municipio 14 milesA-805A4,720
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Lajas Municipio 9 milesB+750A-23,300
San German Municipio 11 milesB+702A-31,900
Penuelas Municipio 13 milesB+748A-20,400
Cabo Rojo Municipio 17 milesB+723A-47,100
Adjuntas Municipio 17 milesA-814A18,000
Hormigueros Municipio 17 milesB-599B+15,600

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Guanica Municipio. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with counties of similar size and density, Guanica Municipio has more violent crime than 88% of them.

Counties of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Guanica MunicipioB686A-13,800
Greene County, MSA+993A+13,600
Noble County, OHA+985A+14,300
Morgan County, KYA+977A+14,100
Madison County, TXA+960A+13,600
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Lincoln County, ARA+959A+13,000
Hughes County, OKA+950A+13,400
Mono County, CAA+947A+13,100
Falls Church City, VAA+932A14,700
Hamilton County, FLA+926A+13,600
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AKA-770A-13,800

Density in Guanica Municipio

Guanica Municipio looks like a typical county on the traits that tend to go with violent crime.

Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.18% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 54% of Americans

BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Guanica Municipio on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more. Its Walk Grade for Guanica Municipio is D (14 of 100).

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 Guanica Municipio

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Guanica Municipio about $30 million a year, or $2,138 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $4.4 million, or $322 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.

CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$3.8 million$274
Rape$130,000$9
Robbery$130,000$9
Assault$400,000$29
Total$4.4 million$322

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.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data