5Sarmiento

Sarmiento, Chubut, Argentina: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 5 out of 10 Average crime

5/10 in Argentina · 4/10 in the world

Compared with 525 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 15,086 per 100,000 people (2025)

Crime by type, as recorded by Ministerio de Seguridad (SNIC) (2025)

Type	Count	Per 100,000 a year	All places this source covers
Homicide
Homicide	1	6.9	3.5
Completed homicides only: attempts are counted on their own line.
Sexual offences
Rape	5	34.5	14.3
Includes attempts.
Sexual abuse	11	76	44.8
Other sexual offences	3	20.7	13.6
Includes online sexual offences against children.
Violence
Attempted homicide	3	20.7	3.2
Attempts only.
Assault causing injury	56	386.8	392.6
Threats	80	552.6	476.6
Kidnapping for ransom	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Robbery	19	131.2	809.3
Robo: theft with force or violence, including robberies that caused injury or death.
Attempted robbery	0	0	66.7
Attempts only.
Extortion	0	0	4.4
Theft and burglary
Theft	33	227.9	676
Hurto: theft without force or violence.
Attempted theft	2	13.8	38.9
Attempts only.
Drugs
Drug supply and production	0	0	37.2
Drug possession	1	6.9	178.4
Includes possession for personal use and other drug law offences.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	52	359.2	176.7
Public order offences	0	0	3.8
Other
Fraud	38	262.5	235.9
In person and online.

Source: Ministerio de Seguridad (SNIC), updated 26 October 2026.