The Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s Type I statistics now cover January 1 – June 30, 2026. Reported Type I crime through June 2026: 9,856 incidents, down 2.1% from 10,063 in the same months of 2025. Violent crime (homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault): 3,137, down 2.2% year over year. Homicides: 245 through June, up 8.9% from 225 a year earlier; the deadliest month so far was May with 48.
Police-reported Type I crime through June 2026 totaled 9,856 incidents, down 2.1% from 10,063 a year earlier, and violent crime overall fell 2.2% to 3,137. Most categories declined: vehicle thefts dropped 17%, rapes fell 17.1%, robberies were down 5.1%, and aggravated assaults and larcenies each slipped modestly. Burglaries edged up 0.6%. The exception is homicides, which rose 8.9% to 245 from 225, with May the deadliest month at 48. That increase is concentrated enough to stand out against an otherwise downward trend across the other categories.
San Juan recorded the most incidents of any municipio, 2,166, and the highest rate per 10,000 residents of the five largest totals, at 64.4. Bayamón (903 incidents, 49.5 per 10,000) and Carolina (749 incidents, 49.2 per 10,000) show similar rates despite Bayamón’s higher raw count, while Caguas and Ponce report both lower totals and lower per-resident rates. These figures reflect incidents reported to police, not survey-based victimization data, so they capture what was recorded rather than the full picture of crime experienced.
The categories
| Category | 2026 YTD | 2025 same months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Type I crime | 9,856 | 10,063 | down 2.1% |
| Homicides | 245 | 225 | up 8.9% |
| Rapes | 199 | 240 | down 17.1% |
| Robberies | 479 | 505 | down 5.1% |
| Aggravated assaults | 2,214 | 2,237 | down 1% |
| Burglaries | 1,243 | 1,236 | up 0.6% |
| Larcenies | 4,845 | 4,862 | down 0.3% |
| Vehicle thefts | 629 | 758 | down 17% |
Where the incidents are
| Municipio | Type I incidents (YTD) | Homicides | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan | 2,166 | 44 | 64.4 |
| Bayamón | 903 | 16 | 49.5 |
| Carolina | 749 | 7 | 49.2 |
| Caguas | 443 | 5 | 35.3 |
| Ponce | 322 | 18 | 24.3 |
Per-resident rates use the Census ACS 5-year population estimate for each municipio; raw counts favor the largest towns, rates do not. Every municipio’s numbers, with the same lenses, are on the safety hub, and each town’s rate appears on its living page.
This is the first Safety Watch. Source: Puerto Rico Police Bureau, SAEC Type I crime reports (División de Estadísticas de la Criminalidad), published by the Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico (https://www.estadisticas.pr.gov/en-us/productos/delitos-tipo-i), data as of Aug 14. These are reported incidents compiled by the police bureau — not victimization surveys; reporting rates vary by crime type and town.
Corrected October 7: an earlier version said San Juan had the highest rate of reported incidents per 10,000 residents; it was the highest of the five municipios with the most incidents. Culebra’s rate was higher.