5Malacatán

Malacatán, Guatemala: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 5 out of 10 Average crime

5/10 in Guatemala · 1/10 in the world

Compared with 340 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 1,103 per 100,000 people (2025)

Crime by type, as recorded by Policía Nacional Civil (INE Guatemala) (2025)

Type	Count	Per 100,000 a year	All places this source covers
Homicide
Homicide by firearm	10	8.9	14.9
Counted in victims.
Homicide by knife	0	0	1.1
Counted in victims.
Homicide by other means (blunt weapon, explosive, strangling, lynching)	0	0	1.6
Counted in victims.
Violence
Injured by firearm	5	4.4	11.8
Counted in victims.
Injured by knife	2	1.8	5.4
Counted in victims.
Injured by other means (blunt weapon, explosive, lynching, beating)	3	2.7	5.3
Counted in victims.
Kidnapping	0	0	0.1
Counted in victims.
Robbery
Robbery at homes	1	0.9	0.6
Counted in victims.
Robbery at shops and businesses	0	0	1.1
Counted in victims.
Robbery of vehicles and lorries	0	0	1.8
Counted in victims.
Robbery of motorcycles	0	0	8.2
Counted in victims.
Robbery of pedestrians and in the street	2	1.8	2.3
Counted in victims.
Robbery of firearms	1	0.9	0.8
Counted in victims.
Other robbery (banks, tourists, cash vans, buses, churches)	0	0	0.2
Counted in victims.
Theft and burglary
Theft from shops and businesses	1	0.9	2.1
Counted in victims.
Theft from homes	2	1.8	1.7
Counted in victims.
Vehicle theft	1	0.9	6.9
Counted in victims.
Motorcycle theft	1	0.9	17
Counted in victims.
Theft from pedestrians	0	0	0.3
Counted in victims.
Theft of firearms	0	0	3.9
Counted in victims.
Other theft (buses, churches, tourists, banks)	0	0	0
Counted in victims.
Other
Extortion of households	100	88.5	134.8
Counted in victims.
Extortion of shops and businesses	4	3.5	9.4
Counted in victims.
Extortion of buses, taxis and other transport	0	0	1.8
Counted in victims.
Other extortion (people, schools, town halls, churches)	0	0	0.2
Counted in victims.

Source: Policía Nacional Civil (INE Guatemala), updated 26 October 2026.