Trujillo Alto is an unincorporated community of 69,200 in Trujillo Alto Municipio, about 11 miles southeast of downtown San Juan · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Trujillo Alto?
Violent crime is high in Trujillo Alto: a B-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 82% of Americans live. Assaults make up 75% of it, most of them aggravated assaults, which involve a weapon or a serious injury.
B-
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 577 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
18% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Trujillo Alto as a whole, and 82% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Trujillo Alto scores 577.
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 Trujillo Alto, PR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Trujillo Alto, 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 Trujillo Alto
Aggravated assault is a strength. Trujillo Alto grades B- for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live.
Simple assault runs low. Trujillo Alto has 0.51 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 9.7.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Trujillo Alto
Low violent crime is the norm across Trujillo Alto: 53% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Trujillo Alto run from B+ to D.
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A or B 53%C 42%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Urbanizacion Pacifica & Valle San Juan, eastClose to the rest of Trujillo Alto on most crimes.B+694
2Villa de Carraizo & Hacienda de Carraizo, southwestClose to the rest of Trujillo Alto on most crimes.B672
3Urbanizacion El Conquistador & Urbanizacion Rio Cristal-Trujillo Alto, centralClose to the rest of Trujillo Alto on most crimes.B-568
4Parcelas Saint Just & Urbanizacion Round Hls, northClose to the rest of Trujillo Alto on most crimes.C+491
6Lomas de Trujillo Alto, Colinas de Fairview & Alturas de Fairview, westClose to the rest of Trujillo Alto on most crimes.C+469
7Urbanizacion Ciudad Universitaria, Villa de Caney & Terraza de Cupey, northwestClose to the rest of Trujillo Alto on most crimes.C401
Neighborhood areas of Trujillo Alto, 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 Trujillo Alto
CrimeGrade™ estimates Trujillo Alto has about 1.6 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 88% less than the US as a whole and 26% 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 Trujillo Alto, about 75% 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 Trujillo Alto and nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Trujillo Alto, 5 have less violent crime. Las Carolinas and Canovanas have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Trujillo Alto. 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, Trujillo Alto has more violent crime than 92% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Trujillo Alto apart: it has 34% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.34% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 72% 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 assault. 85% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 58% 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 Trujillo Alto
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Trujillo Alto about $120 million a year, or $1,738 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $18 million, or $260 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
$16 million
$226
Rape
$280,000
$4
Robbery
$450,000
$6
Assault
$1.6 million
$23
Total
$18 million
$260
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. Trujillo Alto 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.
