-Rivas

Rivas, Nicaragua: crime rate and Safety score

Too few places to compare within Nicaragua.

2/10 in the world

Weighted crime: 3,327 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	1.6	1.6
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Femicide	0	0	0.2
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Homicide	3	1.6	3.8
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Parricide	1	0.5	0.3
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Sexual offences
Sexual abuse	37	19.8	18.1
Aggravated statutory rape	0	0	0.2
Rape	6	3.2	5.2
Rape of a child under 14	34	18.2	10.3
Aggravated rape	0	0	3.2
Other serious sexual offences	0	0	0.2
Sexual harassment	6	3.2	1
Statutory rape	8	4.3	5.5
Incest	0	0	0
Violence
Serious injuries	32	17.2	8.3
Very serious injuries	1	0.5	0.6
Abortion without consent	0	0	0
Minor injuries	71	38.1	27.8
Serious offences against liberty	0	0	0.1
Threats	16	8.6	18.4
Threats with a weapon	46	24.7	21
Intimidation or threats against a woman	65	34.9	39.4
Robbery
Robbery with violence	26	13.9	39
Robbery with intimidation	21	11.3	36.3
Theft and burglary
Livestock theft	36	19.3	18.2
Aggravated theft	18	9.7	6
Vehicle trafficking	0	0	0
Theft	127	68.1	51.4
Theft by breaking in	94	50.4	71.3
Drugs
Drug offences	72	38.6	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	26	13.9	35.2
Aggravated fraud	3	1.6	2.4
Criminal damage	6	3.2	9.8
Fraud	7	3.8	12.8
Unlawful occupation of private property	2	1.1	1.4
Trespass in a dwelling	17	9.1	4.3
Other property offences	5	2.7	5.9
Other lesser property offences	3	1.6	2.9
Other offences against liberty	0	0	0.2
Other offences	234	125.5	65.6

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