5Palermo
Palermo, Argentina: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 5 out of 10 Average crime
5/10 in Buenos Aires · 3/10 in the world
Compared with 48 places in Buenos Aires (10 = lowest crime).
Weighted crime: 22,891 per 100,000 people (2025)
Residents: 226,534
How accurate: in 2025, 90% of the 48 neighbourhoods compared scored within 1 of their 2024 score.
Crime by type, as recorded by Ciudad de Buenos Aires (2025)
| Type | Count | Per 100,000 a year | All places this source covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | |||
| Homicide | 3 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| Violence | |||
| Assault causing injury | 571 | 252.1 | 350.6 |
| Threats | 514 | 226.9 | 325.8 |
| Robbery | |||
| Robbery | 3,879 | 1,712.3 | 1,727.9 |
| Robo: theft with force or violence. | |||
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft | 4,837 | 2,135.2 | 1,713 |
| Hurto: theft without force or violence. | |||
Source: Ciudad de Buenos Aires, updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 3 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 1,085 |
| Robbery | 3,879 |
| Theft and burglary | 4,837 |
