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2Seccional 12, Montevideo

Seccional 12, Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 2 out of 10 High crime

2/10 in Uruguay · 2/10 in the world

Compared with 280 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 28,494 per 100,000 people (12 months to September 2026)

Crime by type, as recorded by Ministerio del Interior (Uruguay) (12 months to September 2026)

TypeCountPer 100,000 a yearAll places this source covers
Homicide
Homicide1623.512.1
Counts victims of completed homicides.
Violence
Assault causing injury168246.3355.9
Domestic violence552809.41,203.3
Robbery
Robbery653957.5460.4
Rapiña: theft with violence or threats. Includes attempts.
Theft and burglary
Theft2,7043,9653,080.8
Hurto: theft without violence. Includes attempts.
Livestock theft0024.1
Includes attempts.

Source: Ministerio del Interior (Uruguay), updated 25 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (12 months to September 2026)

Homicide16
Violence720
Robbery653
Theft and burglary2,704
Seccional 12, Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay: Safety 2 out of 10 (High crime). Weighted crime: 28,494 per 100,000 people (12 months to September 2026).
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Source: Ministerio del Interior, Delitos denunciados en el Uruguay and Seccionales Policiales (catalogodatos.gub.uy), Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay; summed by us over the last 12 months per seccional. Población: INE, Censo 2023 (Fuente: INE), allocated by us onto police areas by area overlap, updated 25 October 2026.