-Masaya

Masaya, Nicaragua: crime rate and Safety score

Too few places to compare within Nicaragua.

2/10 in the world

Weighted crime: 3,036 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	4	1	3.8
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Parricide	1	0.2	0.3
Complaints registered by the police, not victims.
Sexual offences
Sexual abuse	131	31.6	18.1
Aggravated statutory rape	0	0	0.2
Rape	18	4.3	5.2
Rape of a child under 14	58	14	10.3
Aggravated rape	17	4.1	3.2
Other serious sexual offences	0	0	0.2
Sexual harassment	5	1.2	1
Statutory rape	59	14.2	5.5
Incest	0	0	0
Violence
Serious injuries	20	4.8	8.3
Very serious injuries	3	0.7	0.6
Abortion without consent	0	0	0
Minor injuries	47	11.3	27.8
Serious offences against liberty	0	0	0.1
Threats	13	3.1	18.4
Threats with a weapon	71	17.1	21
Intimidation or threats against a woman	89	21.4	39.4
Robbery
Robbery with violence	144	34.7	39
Robbery with intimidation	106	25.5	36.3
Theft and burglary
Livestock theft	28	6.7	18.2
Aggravated theft	22	5.3	6
Vehicle trafficking	0	0	0
Theft	93	22.4	51.4
Theft by breaking in	202	48.7	71.3
Drugs
Drug offences	385	92.7	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	4	1	0.6
Other offences against life and person	118	28.4	35.2
Aggravated fraud	6	1.4	2.4
Criminal damage	8	1.9	9.8
Fraud	24	5.8	12.8
Unlawful occupation of private property	3	0.7	1.4
Trespass in a dwelling	18	4.3	4.3
Other property offences	26	6.3	5.9
Other lesser property offences	2	0.5	2.9
Other offences against liberty	1	0.2	0.2
Other offences	244	58.8	65.6

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