-Matagalpa

Matagalpa, Nicaragua: crime rate and Safety score

Too few places to compare within Nicaragua.

2/10 in the world

Weighted crime: 3,623 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	10	1.6	1.6
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Femicide	2	0.3	0.2
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Homicide	28	4.5	3.8
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Parricide	2	0.3	0.3
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Sexual offences
Sexual abuse	63	10.2	18.1
Aggravated statutory rape	1	0.2	0.2
Rape	36	5.8	5.2
Rape of a child under 14	56	9	10.3
Aggravated rape	31	5	3.2
Other serious sexual offences	0	0	0.2
Sexual harassment	0	0	1
Statutory rape	26	4.2	5.5
Incest	0	0	0
Violence
Serious injuries	48	7.7	8.3
Very serious injuries	5	0.8	0.6
Abortion without consent	0	0	0
Minor injuries	200	32.3	27.8
Serious offences against liberty	2	0.3	0.1
Threats	144	23.2	18.4
Threats with a weapon	183	29.5	21
Intimidation or threats against a woman	126	20.3	39.4
Robbery
Robbery with violence	239	38.6	39
Robbery with intimidation	249	40.2	36.3
Theft and burglary
Livestock theft	109	17.6	18.2
Aggravated theft	34	5.5	6
Vehicle trafficking	0	0	0
Theft	412	66.5	51.4
Theft by breaking in	351	56.6	71.3
Drugs
Drug offences	214	34.5	60.5
Other
Negligent homicide (not traffic)	0	0	0.1
Endangering a person	1	0.2	0.1
Other lesser offences against life and person	4	0.6	0.6
Other offences against life and person	284	45.8	35.2
Aggravated fraud	26	4.2	2.4
Criminal damage	62	10	9.8
Fraud	89	14.4	12.8
Unlawful occupation of private property	7	1.1	1.4
Trespass in a dwelling	9	1.5	4.3
Other property offences	54	8.7	5.9
Other lesser property offences	20	3.2	2.9
Other offences against liberty	2	0.3	0.2
Other offences	216	34.8	65.6

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