6Escobar

Escobar, Argentina: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 6 out of 10 Average crime

6/10 in Argentina · 4/10 in the world

Compared with 525 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 14,123 per 100,000 people (2025)

Crime by type, as recorded by Ministerio de Seguridad (SNIC) (2025)

Type	Count	Per 100,000 a year	All places this source covers
Homicide
Homicide	9	3.5	3.5
Completed homicides only: attempts are counted on their own line.
Sexual offences
Rape	40	15.6	14.3
Includes attempts.
Sexual abuse	175	68.3	44.8
Other sexual offences	25	9.8	13.6
Includes online sexual offences against children.
Violence
Attempted homicide	12	4.7	3.2
Attempts only.
Assault causing injury	908	354.6	392.6
Threats	793	309.7	476.6
Kidnapping for ransom	1	0.4	0.2
Robbery
Robbery	1,078	421	809.3
Robo: theft with force or violence, including robberies that caused injury or death.
Attempted robbery	111	43.3	66.7
Attempts only.
Extortion	0	0	4.4
Theft and burglary
Theft	1,169	456.5	676
Hurto: theft without force or violence.
Attempted theft	87	34	38.9
Attempts only.
Drugs
Drug supply and production	34	13.3	37.2
Drug possession	345	134.7	178.4
Includes possession for personal use and other drug law offences.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	413	161.3	176.7
Public order offences	4	1.6	3.8
Other
Fraud	125	48.8	235.9
In person and online.

Source: Ministerio de Seguridad (SNIC), updated 26 October 2026.