-León

León, Nicaragua: crime rate and Safety score

Too few places to compare within Nicaragua.

2/10 in the world

Weighted crime: 3,303 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	0	0	1.6
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Femicide	0	0	0.2
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Homicide	6	1.4	3.8
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Parricide	0	0	0.3
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Sexual offences
Sexual abuse	67	15.6	18.1
Aggravated statutory rape	1	0.2	0.2
Rape	34	7.9	5.2
Rape of a child under 14	49	11.4	10.3
Aggravated rape	8	1.9	3.2
Other serious sexual offences	0	0	0.2
Sexual harassment	4	0.9	1
Statutory rape	27	6.3	5.5
Incest	0	0	0
Violence
Serious injuries	36	8.4	8.3
Very serious injuries	2	0.5	0.6
Abortion without consent	0	0	0
Minor injuries	93	21.7	27.8
Serious offences against liberty	0	0	0.1
Threats	57	13.3	18.4
Threats with a weapon	59	13.8	21
Intimidation or threats against a woman	205	47.8	39.4
Robbery
Robbery with violence	160	37.3	39
Robbery with intimidation	107	25	36.3
Theft and burglary
Livestock theft	178	41.5	18.2
Aggravated theft	20	4.7	6
Vehicle trafficking	0	0	0
Theft	280	65.3	51.4
Theft by breaking in	282	65.8	71.3
Drugs
Drug offences	507	118.3	60.5
Other
Negligent homicide (not traffic)	0	0	0.1
Endangering a person	2	0.5	0.1
Other lesser offences against life and person	0	0	0.6
Other offences against life and person	90	21	35.2
Aggravated fraud	5	1.2	2.4
Criminal damage	37	8.6	9.8
Fraud	68	15.9	12.8
Unlawful occupation of private property	2	0.5	1.4
Trespass in a dwelling	12	2.8	4.3
Other property offences	27	6.3	5.9
Other lesser property offences	14	3.3	2.9
Other offences against liberty	0	0	0.2
Other offences	312	72.8	65.6

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