5Santa Bárbara

Santa Bárbara, 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: 14,212 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	2	9.8	3.5
Completed homicides only: attempts are counted on their own line.
Sexual offences
Rape	3	14.6	14.3
Includes attempts.
Sexual abuse	16	78.1	44.8
Other sexual offences	5	24.4	13.6
Includes online sexual offences against children.
Violence
Attempted homicide	0	0	3.2
Attempts only.
Assault causing injury	80	390.3	392.6
Threats	64	312.2	476.6
Kidnapping for ransom	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Robbery	53	258.6	809.3
Robo: theft with force or violence, including robberies that caused injury or death.
Attempted robbery	8	39	66.7
Attempts only.
Extortion	2	9.8	4.4
Theft and burglary
Theft	110	536.7	676
Hurto: theft without force or violence.
Attempted theft	10	48.8	38.9
Attempts only.
Drugs
Drug supply and production	0	0	37.2
Drug possession	1	4.9	178.4
Includes possession for personal use and other drug law offences.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	22	107.3	176.7
Public order offences	0	0	3.8
Other
Fraud	25	122	235.9
In person and online.

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