-Chontales

Chontales, Nicaragua: crime rate and Safety score

Too few places to compare within Nicaragua.

3/10 in the world

Weighted crime: 2,305 per 100,000 people (2023)

Crime by type, as recorded by Policía Nacional (INIDE) (2023)

Type	Count	Per 100,000 a year	All places this source covers
Homicide
Murder	0	0	1.6
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Femicide	2	1	0.2
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Homicide	2	1	3.8
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Parricide	0	0	0.3
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Sexual offences
Sexual abuse	13	6.7	18.1
Aggravated statutory rape	0	0	0.2
Rape	11	5.6	5.2
Rape of a child under 14	23	11.8	10.3
Aggravated rape	7	3.6	3.2
Other serious sexual offences	0	0	0.2
Sexual harassment	0	0	1
Statutory rape	6	3.1	5.5
Incest	0	0	0
Violence
Serious injuries	23	11.8	8.3
Very serious injuries	1	0.5	0.6
Abortion without consent	0	0	0
Minor injuries	53	27.2	27.8
Serious offences against liberty	0	0	0.1
Threats	13	6.7	18.4
Threats with a weapon	28	14.4	21
Intimidation or threats against a woman	34	17.5	39.4
Robbery
Robbery with violence	35	18	39
Robbery with intimidation	18	9.2	36.3
Theft and burglary
Livestock theft	43	22.1	18.2
Aggravated theft	19	9.8	6
Vehicle trafficking	0	0	0
Theft	43	22.1	51.4
Theft by breaking in	101	51.8	71.3
Drugs
Drug offences	79	40.6	60.5
Other
Negligent homicide (not traffic)	0	0	0.1
Endangering a person	1	0.5	0.1
Other lesser offences against life and person	2	1	0.6
Other offences against life and person	15	7.7	35.2
Aggravated fraud	13	6.7	2.4
Criminal damage	7	3.6	9.8
Fraud	13	6.7	12.8
Unlawful occupation of private property	4	2.1	1.4
Trespass in a dwelling	7	3.6	4.3
Other property offences	0	0	5.9
Other lesser property offences	7	3.6	2.9
Other offences against liberty	1	0.5	0.2
Other offences	307	157.6	65.6

Source: Policía Nacional (INIDE), updated 28 October 2026.