The Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s Type I statistics now cover January 1 – September 30, 2026. Reported Type I crime through September 2026: 14,727 incidents, down 1.6% from 14,971 in the same months of 2025.
Violent crime (homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault): 4,732, down 0.6% year over year.
Homicides: 333 through September, down 1.2% from 337 a year earlier. The deadliest month so far was May, with 50.
Homicides, month by month
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- January 2025, 51 homicides
- February 2025, 36 homicides
- March 2025, 27 homicides
- April 2025, 31 homicides
- May 2025, 35 homicides
- June 2025, 45 homicides
- July 2025, 34 homicides
- August 2025, 44 homicides
- September 2025, 34 homicides
- January 2026, 39 homicides, −12 on 2025
- February 2026, 39 homicides, +3 on 2025
- March 2026, 37 homicides, +10 on 2025
- April 2026, 43 homicides, +12 on 2025
- May 2026, 50 homicides, +15 on 2025
- June 2026, 41 homicides, −4 on 2025
- July 2026, 20 homicides, −14 on 2025
- August 2026, 32 homicides, −12 on 2025
- September 2026, 32 homicides, −2 on 2025
The categories
| Category (PRPD Type I offence category) | 2026 YTD (Reported incidents from January through the last month in the snapshot) | 2025 same months (The same months one year earlier) | Change (Year over year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Type I crime | 14,727 | 14,971 | down 1.6% |
| Homicides | 333 | 337 | down 1.2% |
| Rapes | 321 | 353 | down 9.1% |
| Robberies | 736 | 741 | down 0.7% |
| Aggravated assaults | 3,342 | 3,329 | up 0.4% |
| Burglaries | 1,782 | 1,761 | up 1.2% |
| Larcenies | 7,313 | 7,313 | unchanged |
| Vehicle thefts | 898 | 1,137 | down 21.0% |
Where the incidents are
| Municipio | Type I incidents (YTD) (Reported incidents, year to date) | Homicides | Per 10,000 residents (Incidents per 10,000 residents, using the Census ACS 5-year population) |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan | 3,274 | 63 | 97.4 |
| Bayamón | 1,318 | 18 | 72.2 |
| Carolina | 1,152 | 10 | 75.7 |
| Caguas | 659 | 9 | 52.5 |
| Ponce | 487 | 20 | 36.7 |
Per-resident rates use the Census ACS 5-year population estimate for each municipio; raw counts favour 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 3rd Safety Watch (the previous one is here). 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 Oct 7. These are reported incidents compiled by the police bureau — not victimisation surveys; reporting rates vary by crime type and town.