-Managua

Managua, Nicaragua: crime rate and Safety score

Too few places to compare within Nicaragua.

2/10 in the world

Weighted crime: 3,914 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	7	0.4	1.6
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Femicide	3	0.2	0.2
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Homicide	57	3.6	3.8
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Parricide	5	0.3	0.3
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Sexual offences
Sexual abuse	387	24.2	18.1
Aggravated statutory rape	0	0	0.2
Rape	83	5.2	5.2
Rape of a child under 14	101	6.3	10.3
Aggravated rape	17	1.1	3.2
Other serious sexual offences	9	0.6	0.2
Sexual harassment	29	1.8	1
Statutory rape	57	3.6	5.5
Incest	0	0	0
Violence
Serious injuries	68	4.3	8.3
Very serious injuries	8	0.5	0.6
Abortion without consent	1	0.1	0
Minor injuries	577	36.1	27.8
Serious offences against liberty	0	0	0.1
Threats	323	20.2	18.4
Threats with a weapon	228	14.3	21
Intimidation or threats against a woman	446	27.9	39.4
Robbery
Robbery with violence	965	60.4	39
Robbery with intimidation	984	61.5	36.3
Theft and burglary
Livestock theft	151	9.4	18.2
Aggravated theft	124	7.8	6
Vehicle trafficking	0	0	0
Theft	1,086	67.9	51.4
Theft by breaking in	1,902	119	71.3
Drugs
Drug offences	561	35.1	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	13	0.8	0.6
Other offences against life and person	494	30.9	35.2
Aggravated fraud	61	3.8	2.4
Criminal damage	121	7.6	9.8
Fraud	363	22.7	12.8
Unlawful occupation of private property	15	0.9	1.4
Trespass in a dwelling	96	6	4.3
Other property offences	186	11.6	5.9
Other lesser property offences	63	3.9	2.9
Other offences against liberty	3	0.2	0.2
Other offences	554	34.6	65.6

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