-Estelí

Estelí, Nicaragua: crime rate and Safety score

Too few places to compare within Nicaragua.

1/10 in the world

Weighted crime: 4,765 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	3	1.3	1.6
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Femicide	1	0.4	0.2
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Homicide	5	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	54	23.1	18.1
Aggravated statutory rape	0	0	0.2
Rape	8	3.4	5.2
Rape of a child under 14	26	11.1	10.3
Aggravated rape	5	2.1	3.2
Other serious sexual offences	1	0.4	0.2
Sexual harassment	3	1.3	1
Statutory rape	29	12.4	5.5
Incest	1	0.4	0
Violence
Serious injuries	18	7.7	8.3
Very serious injuries	1	0.4	0.6
Abortion without consent	0	0	0
Minor injuries	49	20.9	27.8
Serious offences against liberty	0	0	0.1
Threats	80	34.2	18.4
Threats with a weapon	85	36.3	21
Intimidation or threats against a woman	160	68.3	39.4
Robbery
Robbery with violence	176	75.2	39
Robbery with intimidation	63	26.9	36.3
Theft and burglary
Livestock theft	33	14.1	18.2
Aggravated theft	13	5.6	6
Vehicle trafficking	0	0	0
Theft	147	62.8	51.4
Theft by breaking in	112	47.8	71.3
Drugs
Drug offences	481	205.5	60.5
Other
Negligent homicide (not traffic)	0	0	0.1
Endangering a person	0	0	0.1
Other lesser offences against life and person	0	0	0.6
Other offences against life and person	34	14.5	35.2
Aggravated fraud	4	1.7	2.4
Criminal damage	21	9	9.8
Fraud	44	18.8	12.8
Unlawful occupation of private property	16	6.8	1.4
Trespass in a dwelling	7	3	4.3
Other property offences	3	1.3	5.9
Other lesser property offences	13	5.6	2.9
Other offences against liberty	1	0.4	0.2
Other offences	158	67.5	65.6

Source: Policía Nacional (INIDE), updated 26 October 2026.