A lively and bustling area in heart of the city, it offers an endless array of cultural and historic attractions. This makes Viejo San Juan the perfect place to stay. If you’re heading to San Juan for the first time, then you’re probably going to want to base yourself near the hotspots. The city has a colourful, vibrant, and fun nature with the perfect combination of rich history and culture, beautiful natural landscapes, and awesome nightlife. It’s one of the most unique and culturally rich places to stay in the Caribbean and is a true travel gem.
All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 San Juan residents in a standard year.San Juan is the largest city and capital of the luscious Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. Before writing off an area as unsafe, look at both the crime rate and total crime maps, then consider nearby destinations that people may be visiting. Ultimately crime happens where people are, whether they live there or not. Because many people visit, crime rates may appear higher even for safe parks. Of San Juan’s 353,727 residents, few live near recreational areas. Parks and designated recreational areas, of which San Juan has 0, have the same problem. Major airports, of which San Juan has 0, always look like high-crime locations due to the large number of people and the low population nearby. More issues arise with places like airports, parks, and schools. Red areas on the crime rate map do not always indicate danger for San Juan residents who live there. Many crimes are committed in retail areas in blocks where few people live. For example, there are few retail establishments in the city. When looking at the crime map for San Juan, remember that the rate of crime per resident may appear inflated when people visit the area during the day, but do not live there. The northwest part of San Juan has fewer cases of crime with only 1,442 in a typical year. The map below shows a simple count for crime in San Juan, meaning it will closely resemble state population maps.īy a simple count ignoring population, more crimes occur in the east parts of San Juan, PR: about 3,217 per year. See the section on interpreting the crime map, however, because comparing rates for crime or any other crime is not as intuitive as it may seem. Your chance of being a victim of crime in San Juan may be as high as 1 in 14 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 21 in the south part of the city. People who live in San Juan generally consider the south part of the city to be the safest. The rate of crime in San Juan is 54.70 per 1,000 residents during a standard year.
See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities. This analysis applies to San Juan's proper boundaries only. San Juan is in the 13th percentile for safety, meaning 87% of cities are safer and 13% of cities are more dangerous. The D- grade means the rate of crime is much higher than the average US city. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime. The most dangerous areas in San Juan are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime Grade's crime map shows the safest places in San Juan in green.