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Capital, Salta, Argentina: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 1 out of 10 High crime

1/10 in Argentina · 2/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 45,606 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	14	2.2	3.5
Completed homicides only: attempts are counted on their own line.
Sexual offences
Rape	125	20	14.3
Includes attempts.
Sexual abuse	256	41	44.8
Other sexual offences	376	60.3	13.6
Includes online sexual offences against children.
Violence
Attempted homicide	15	2.4	3.2
Attempts only.
Assault causing injury	6,236	999.4	392.6
Threats	8,772	1,405.8	476.6
Kidnapping for ransom	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Robbery	8,856	1,419.2	809.3
Robo: theft with force or violence, including robberies that caused injury or death.
Attempted robbery	836	134	66.7
Attempts only.
Extortion	66	10.6	4.4
Theft and burglary
Theft	9,232	1,479.5	676
Hurto: theft without force or violence.
Attempted theft	657	105.3	38.9
Attempts only.
Drugs
Drug supply and production	339	54.3	37.2
Drug possession	6,089	975.8	178.4
Includes possession for personal use and other drug law offences.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	2,815	451.1	176.7
Public order offences	1	0.2	3.8
Other
Fraud	4,299	688.9	235.9
In person and online.

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