-Boaco

Boaco, Nicaragua: crime rate and Safety score

Too few places to compare within Nicaragua.

2/10 in the world

Weighted crime: 2,554 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	2	1.1	1.6
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Femicide	0	0	0.2
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Homicide	2	1.1	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	24	12.6	18.1
Aggravated statutory rape	0	0	0.2
Rape	5	2.6	5.2
Rape of a child under 14	29	15.3	10.3
Aggravated rape	17	8.9	3.2
Other serious sexual offences	1	0.5	0.2
Sexual harassment	1	0.5	1
Statutory rape	10	5.3	5.5
Incest	0	0	0
Violence
Serious injuries	27	14.2	8.3
Very serious injuries	1	0.5	0.6
Abortion without consent	0	0	0
Minor injuries	88	46.3	27.8
Serious offences against liberty	0	0	0.1
Threats	7	3.7	18.4
Threats with a weapon	29	15.3	21
Intimidation or threats against a woman	29	15.3	39.4
Robbery
Robbery with violence	15	7.9	39
Robbery with intimidation	11	5.8	36.3
Theft and burglary
Livestock theft	70	36.8	18.2
Aggravated theft	3	1.6	6
Vehicle trafficking	0	0	0
Theft	74	38.9	51.4
Theft by breaking in	72	37.9	71.3
Drugs
Drug offences	22	11.6	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	1	0.5	0.6
Other offences against life and person	12	6.3	35.2
Aggravated fraud	4	2.1	2.4
Criminal damage	3	1.6	9.8
Fraud	9	4.7	12.8
Unlawful occupation of private property	0	0	1.4
Trespass in a dwelling	1	0.5	4.3
Other property offences	0	0	5.9
Other lesser property offences	1	0.5	2.9
Other offences against liberty	0	0	0.2
Other offences	83	43.7	65.6

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