Crime in San Salvador, El Salvador

Crime rates in San Salvador, El Salvador

Level of crime
70.62 High
Crime increasing in the past 5 years
54.50 Moderate
Worries home broken and things stolen
49.75 Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed
64.14 High
Worries car stolen
57.00 Moderate
Worries things from car stolen
65.75 High
Worries attacked
54.75 Moderate
Worries being insulted
41.49 Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion
19.53 Very Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs
51.60 Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft
63.50 High
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery
68.30 High
Problem corruption and bribery
74.47 High

Safety in San Salvador, El Salvador

Safety walking alone during daylight
52.50 Moderate
Safety walking alone during night
31.31 Low

Contributors: 102

Last update: October 2024

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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4 Comments so far
Anonymous on Dec 11, 2023:
Answering to James

El Salvador is still a dangerous country in terms of theft and assault since poverty is still very high so be careful
James on Feb 25, 2023:
Nayib Bukele is doing an excellent job, el salvador is starting to be the safest country in latin america probably in the whole americas soon!
Can't wait to buy a house there.
Anonymous on Jun 19, 2022:
Don't recommend going to this country unless you have family there and can speak Spanish. Point is with family is that they know the good and bad parts of El Salvador, something a website can't tell you. From personal experience, the main cities are pretty bad like San Salvador.
el salvadorian on Oct 07, 2021:
this is all lies my country is very safe pls visit us