Communes with the Highest Reported Homicide Incidence in Chile

Reported homicide incidence per 100,000 inhabitants by commune. Includes homicide, femicide, parricide, infanticide, and related offences (CEAD subgroup 101 within the Life Crimes family). Figures represent police-recorded cases (casos policiales — complaints plus arrests in the act), not convictions. Source: CEAD — Ministry of Interior and Public Security, official police statistics.

National mean: 4.5 per 100k (2025) 256 communes ranked

National mean is the unweighted commune mean for this crime family (communes ≥ 10k population, latest complete year). Methodology.

Communes ranked by homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants (2025)

Rates are police-recorded cases (casos policiales) per 100,000 residents per year, sourced from CEAD official police statistics. Communes with small or seasonal/touristic resident populations can show very high rates because the figure is divided by a small resident base.

Rank	Commune	Region	Rate per 100k (2025)	Trend
#1	Saavedra	La Araucanía	23.8	Stable
#2	La Pintana	Metropolitana	21.2	Rising
#3	Malloa	O'Higgins	20.9	Declining
#4	San Rafael	Maule	19.0	Stable
#5	Puchuncaví	Valparaíso	18.6	Declining
#6	Lota	Biobío	17.6	Stable
#7	San Nicolás	Ñuble	15.9	Rising
#8	Palmilla	O'Higgins	14.6	Stable
#9	Cartagena	Valparaíso	14.6	Rising
#10	Olivar	O'Higgins	13.3	Stable
#11	Dalcahue	Los Lagos	12.9	Rising
#12	Quintero	Valparaíso	12.8	Declining
#13	Teodoro Schmidt	La Araucanía	12.7	Rising
#14	Recoleta	Metropolitana	12.6	Rising
#15	Laja	Biobío	12.5	Rising
#16	Estación Central	Metropolitana	12.5	Rising
#17	Mejillones	Antofagasta	12.4	Stable
#18	Algarrobo	Valparaíso	12.3	Stable
#19	San Ramón	Metropolitana	12.1	Rising
#20	Limache	Valparaíso	11.5	Rising
#21	Molina	Maule	11.4	Stable
#22	Lo Espejo	Metropolitana	11.0	Rising
#23	La Granja	Metropolitana	11.0	Rising
#24	Nacimiento	Biobío	10.7	Rising
#25	Yungay	Ñuble	10.6	Stable
#26	Vallenar	Atacama	10.5	Declining
#27	Mostazal	O'Higgins	10.4	Declining
#28	Colina	Metropolitana	9.9	Stable
#29	Lo Prado	Metropolitana	9.9	Stable
#30	Lago Ranco	Los Ríos	9.7	Rising
#31	Coyhaique	Aysén	9.6	Rising
#32	Cabildo	Valparaíso	9.6	Rising
#33	Lampa	Metropolitana	9.5	Declining
#34	San Pablo	Los Lagos	9.5	Rising
#35	San Antonio	Valparaíso	9.1	Declining
#36	Renaico	La Araucanía	9.1	Stable
#37	Vilcún	La Araucanía	9.0	Declining
#38	Tirúa	Biobío	9.0	Rising
#39	Cauquenes	Maule	9.0	Stable
#40	Coltauco	O'Higgins	8.9	Stable
#41	La Cisterna	Metropolitana	8.9	Rising
#42	Parral	Maule	8.7	Stable
#43	Santiago	Metropolitana	8.7	Stable
#44	Arica	Arica y Parinacota	8.5	Declining
#45	Puyehue	Los Lagos	8.5	Stable
#46	Andacollo	Coquimbo	8.4	Stable
#47	Victoria	La Araucanía	8.4	Rising
#48	Chillán Viejo	Ñuble	8.3	Declining
#49	El Carmen	Ñuble	8.2	Rising
#50	Rinconada	Valparaíso	8.2	Declining
#51	Pinto	Ñuble	8.2	Rising
#52	Conchalí	Metropolitana	8.1	Stable
#53	Fresia	Los Lagos	8.0	Declining
#54	Cerro Navia	Metropolitana	7.9	Rising
#55	San Pedro	Metropolitana	7.9	Declining
#56	Cholchol	La Araucanía	7.9	Rising
#57	Collipulli	La Araucanía	7.5	Rising
#58	Concepción	Biobío	7.5	Declining
#59	Hualqui	Biobío	7.4	Declining
#60	Copiapó	Atacama	7.3	Declining
#61	Melipilla	Metropolitana	7.3	Rising
#62	San Pedro de la Paz	Biobío	7.1	Declining
#63	Tocopilla	Antofagasta	7.0	Rising
#64	Talcahuano	Biobío	7.0	Rising
#65	San Felipe	Valparaíso	6.8	Stable
#66	Punta Arenas	Magallanes	6.8	Rising
#67	Santa Bárbara	Biobío	6.8	Rising
#68	Santa Juana	Biobío	6.7	Declining
#69	Salamanca	Coquimbo	6.6	Declining
#70	Calama	Antofagasta	6.6	Declining
#71	El Bosque	Metropolitana	6.5	Rising
#72	Mulchén	Biobío	6.4	Rising
#73	Catemu	Valparaíso	6.3	Stable
#74	María Pinto	Metropolitana	6.3	Stable
#75	San Bernardo	Metropolitana	6.3	Stable
#76	San Clemente	Maule	6.2	Stable
#77	Renca	Metropolitana	6.1	Rising
#78	San Fernando	O'Higgins	6.1	Stable
#79	Monte Patria	Coquimbo	6.1	Rising
#80	Hualpén	Biobío	6.1	Stable
#81	Puente Alto	Metropolitana	6.0	Stable
#82	Longaví	Maule	5.9	Stable
#83	Pedro Aguirre Cerda	Metropolitana	5.8	Rising
#84	Rancagua	O'Higgins	5.8	Declining
#85	San Vicente	O'Higgins	5.7	Stable
#86	Iquique	Tarapacá	5.6	Declining
#87	Calle Larga	Valparaíso	5.6	Declining
#88	Cerrillos	Metropolitana	5.5	Rising
#89	Panguipulli	Los Ríos	5.5	Stable
#90	Coquimbo	Coquimbo	5.4	Rising
#91	Calbuco	Los Lagos	5.3	Stable
#92	Pozo Almonte	Tarapacá	5.3	Declining
#93	Pichilemu	O'Higgins	5.3	Declining
#94	El Quisco	Valparaíso	5.2	Stable
#95	Graneros	O'Higgins	5.2	Stable
#96	Curacaví	Metropolitana	5.2	Declining
#97	Independencia	Metropolitana	5.1	Stable
#98	San José de Maipo	Metropolitana	5.1	Declining
#99	Buin	Metropolitana	5.0	Declining
#100	Quilicura	Metropolitana	5.0	Stable
#101	Caldera	Atacama	5.0	Declining
#102	Valparaíso	Valparaíso	5.0	Stable
#103	Quillota	Valparaíso	4.9	Rising
#104	Olmué	Valparaíso	4.9	Rising
#105	Frutillar	Los Lagos	4.8	Declining
#106	Lautaro	La Araucanía	4.7	Stable
#107	Peñalolén	Metropolitana	4.7	Stable
#108	El Monte	Metropolitana	4.7	Declining
#109	Isla de Maipo	Metropolitana	4.7	Declining
#110	Coronel	Biobío	4.6	Declining
#111	Osorno	Los Lagos	4.5	Rising
#112	Talca	Maule	4.5	Stable
#113	Paine	Metropolitana	4.5	Rising
#114	Los Ángeles	Biobío	4.4	Declining
#115	Tiltil	Metropolitana	4.4	Stable
#116	Los Andes	Valparaíso	4.3	Declining
#117	Los Álamos	Biobío	4.3	Declining
#118	Puerto Montt	Los Lagos	4.2	Stable
#119	Quinta Normal	Metropolitana	4.2	Stable
#120	Doñihue	O'Higgins	4.2	Rising
#121	Mariquina	Los Ríos	4.1	Stable
#122	Castro	Los Lagos	4.1	Declining
#123	Ñuñoa	Metropolitana	4.1	Stable
#124	Los Vilos	Coquimbo	4.1	Stable
#125	La Reina	Metropolitana	4.1	Stable
#126	Curicó	Maule	4.0	Declining
#127	Loncoche	La Araucanía	4.0	Declining
#128	Natales	Magallanes	4.0	Stable
#129	Antofagasta	Antofagasta	4.0	Declining
#130	Quilpué	Valparaíso	4.0	Rising
#131	Aysén	Aysén	4.0	Rising
#132	Constitución	Maule	3.9	Declining
#133	Freire	La Araucanía	3.9	Rising
#134	Linares	Maule	3.8	Declining
#135	La Calera	Valparaíso	3.7	Rising
#136	Llaillay	Valparaíso	3.6	Rising
#137	Las Cabras	O'Higgins	3.6	Stable
#138	San Carlos	Ñuble	3.5	Declining
#139	San Miguel	Metropolitana	3.4	Rising
#140	Villarrica	La Araucanía	3.3	Stable
#141	Valdivia	Los Ríos	3.3	Rising
#142	Calera de Tango	Metropolitana	3.3	Stable
#143	Chiguayante	Biobío	3.3	Stable
#144	Vicuña	Coquimbo	3.3	Rising
#145	Casablanca	Valparaíso	3.2	Declining
#146	Cabrero	Biobío	3.2	Stable
#147	Ovalle	Coquimbo	3.2	Declining
#148	Teno	Maule	3.1	Declining
#149	Pudahuel	Metropolitana	3.0	Stable
#150	Curanilahue	Biobío	2.9	Rising
#151	Nueva Imperial	La Araucanía	2.9	Stable
#152	Temuco	La Araucanía	2.9	Rising
#153	Macul	Metropolitana	2.9	Rising
#154	Peñaflor	Metropolitana	2.8	Rising
#155	La Florida	Metropolitana	2.7	Stable
#156	La Unión	Los Ríos	2.5	Declining
#157	Viña del Mar	Valparaíso	2.4	Stable
#158	Ancud	Los Lagos	2.4	Stable
#159	Padre Las Casas	La Araucanía	2.3	Stable
#160	Talagante	Metropolitana	2.3	Declining
#161	La Serena	Coquimbo	2.2	Stable
#162	Concón	Valparaíso	2.1	Rising
#163	Penco	Biobío	2.0	Declining
#164	San Javier	Maule	1.9	Rising
#165	Puerto Varas	Los Lagos	1.9	Stable
#166	Maipú	Metropolitana	1.9	Stable
#167	Tomé	Biobío	1.7	Stable
#168	Huechuraba	Metropolitana	1.7	Rising
#169	Chillán	Ñuble	1.5	Declining
#170	Alto Hospicio	Tarapacá	1.4	Declining
#171	Villa Alemana	Valparaíso	1.3	Stable
#172	San Joaquín	Metropolitana	1.0	Rising
#173	Lo Barnechea	Metropolitana	0.8	Rising
#174	Los Muermos	Los Lagos	0.0	Rising
#175	Llanquihue	Los Lagos	0.0	Rising
#176	Maullín	Los Lagos	0.0	Rising
#177	Chonchi	Los Lagos	0.0	Declining
#178	Quellón	Los Lagos	0.0	Declining
#179	Purranque	Los Lagos	0.0	Stable
#180	Río Negro	Los Lagos	0.0	Rising
#181	Las Condes	Metropolitana	0.0	Stable
#182	Providencia	Metropolitana	0.0	Stable
#183	Vitacura	Metropolitana	0.0	Declining
#184	Pirque	Metropolitana	0.0	Declining
#185	Padre Hurtado	Metropolitana	0.0	Stable
#186	Lanco	Los Ríos	0.0	Rising
#187	Los Lagos	Los Ríos	0.0	Rising
#188	Paillaco	Los Ríos	0.0	Rising
#189	Futrono	Los Ríos	0.0	Rising
#190	Río Bueno	Los Ríos	0.0	Rising
#191	Bulnes	Ñuble	0.0	Declining
#192	Quillón	Ñuble	0.0	Stable
#193	San Ignacio	Ñuble	0.0	Stable
#194	Quirihue	Ñuble	0.0	Declining
#195	Coelemu	Ñuble	0.0	Declining
#196	Coihueco	Ñuble	0.0	Stable
#197	Ñiquén	Ñuble	0.0	Declining
#198	Taltal	Antofagasta	0.0	Rising
#199	San Pedro de Atacama	Antofagasta	0.0	Stable
#200	Tierra Amarilla	Atacama	0.0	Declining
#201	Chañaral	Atacama	0.0	Declining
#202	Diego de Almagro	Atacama	0.0	Declining
#203	Huasco	Atacama	0.0	Declining
#204	Illapel	Coquimbo	0.0	Rising
#205	Combarbalá	Coquimbo	0.0	Stable
#206	Punitaqui	Coquimbo	0.0	Stable
#207	San Esteban	Valparaíso	0.0	Declining
#208	La Ligua	Valparaíso	0.0	Rising
#209	Petorca	Valparaíso	0.0	Rising
#210	Hijuelas	Valparaíso	0.0	Stable
#211	La Cruz	Valparaíso	0.0	Rising
#212	Nogales	Valparaíso	0.0	Declining
#213	El Tabo	Valparaíso	0.0	Rising
#214	Santo Domingo	Valparaíso	0.0	Stable
#215	Putaendo	Valparaíso	0.0	Declining
#216	Santa María	Valparaíso	0.0	Stable
#217	Codegua	O'Higgins	0.0	Rising
#218	Machalí	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
#219	Peumo	O'Higgins	0.0	Rising
#220	Pichidegua	O'Higgins	0.0	Stable
#221	Quinta de Tilcoco	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
#222	Rengo	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
#223	Requínoa	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
#224	Chépica	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
#225	Chimbarongo	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
#226	Nancagua	O'Higgins	0.0	Stable
#227	Peralillo	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
#228	Santa Cruz	O'Higgins	0.0	Stable
#229	Maule	Maule	0.0	Declining
#230	Río Claro	Maule	0.0	Declining
#231	Hualañé	Maule	0.0	Rising
#232	Rauco	Maule	0.0	Rising
#233	Romeral	Maule	0.0	Rising
#234	Sagrada Familia	Maule	0.0	Stable
#235	Colbún	Maule	0.0	Rising
#236	Retiro	Maule	0.0	Declining
#237	Villa Alegre	Maule	0.0	Stable
#238	Yerbas Buenas	Maule	0.0	Rising
#239	Florida	Biobío	0.0	Stable
#240	Lebu	Biobío	0.0	Declining
#241	Arauco	Biobío	0.0	Declining
#242	Cañete	Biobío	0.0	Rising
#243	Negrete	Biobío	0.0	Declining
#244	Tucapel	Biobío	0.0	Declining
#245	Yumbel	Biobío	0.0	Rising
#246	Carahue	La Araucanía	0.0	Rising
#247	Cunco	La Araucanía	0.0	Stable
#248	Galvarino	La Araucanía	0.0	Stable
#249	Gorbea	La Araucanía	0.0	Stable
#250	Pitrufquén	La Araucanía	0.0	Rising
#251	Pucón	La Araucanía	0.0	Declining
#252	Angol	La Araucanía	0.0	Rising
#253	Curacautín	La Araucanía	0.0	Rising
#254	Lonquimay	La Araucanía	0.0	Rising
#255	Purén	La Araucanía	0.0	Rising
#256	Traiguén	La Araucanía	0.0	Rising
—	Colchane ^*	Tarapacá	64.7	Declining
—	San Juan de la Costa ^*	Los Lagos	40.7	Rising
—	Futaleufú ^*	Los Lagos	34.0	Rising
—	Antuco ^*	Biobío	23.1	Stable
—	Chile Chico ^*	Aysén	19.3	Declining
—	Paredones ^*	O'Higgins	16.0	Rising
—	Ránquil ^*	Ñuble	15.9	Stable
—	Perquenco ^*	La Araucanía	13.7	Declining
—	Máfil ^*	Los Ríos	13.6	Rising
—	Lolol ^*	O'Higgins	13.4	Rising
—	Cochamó ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Rising
—	Curaco de Vélez ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Stable
—	Puqueldón ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Rising
—	Queilén ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Declining
—	Quemchi ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Stable
—	Quinchao ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Declining
—	Puerto Octay ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Declining
—	Chaitén ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Rising
—	Hualaihué ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Stable
—	Palena ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Declining
—	Lago Verde ^*	Aysén	0.0	Declining
—	Cisnes ^*	Aysén	0.0	Stable
—	Guaitecas ^*	Aysén	0.0	Declining
—	Cochrane ^*	Aysén	0.0	Declining
—	OHiggins ^*	Aysén	0.0	Rising
—	Tortel ^*	Aysén	0.0	Stable
—	Río Ibáñez ^*	Aysén	0.0	Declining
—	Laguna Blanca ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Declining
—	Río Verde ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Declining
—	San Gregorio ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Rising
—	Cabo de Hornos ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Rising
—	Antártica ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Stable
—	Porvenir ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Declining
—	Primavera ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Rising
—	Timaukel ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Declining
—	Torres del Paine ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Declining
—	Alhué ^*	Metropolitana	0.0	Stable
—	Camiña ^*	Tarapacá	0.0	Stable
—	Huara ^*	Tarapacá	0.0	Declining
—	Pica ^*	Tarapacá	0.0	Declining
—	Corral ^*	Los Ríos	0.0	Rising
—	Camarones ^*	Arica y Parinacota	0.0	Stable
—	Putre ^*	Arica y Parinacota	0.0	Stable
—	General Lagos ^*	Arica y Parinacota	0.0	Rising
—	Pemuco ^*	Ñuble	0.0	Declining
—	Cobquecura ^*	Ñuble	0.0	Rising
—	Ninhue ^*	Ñuble	0.0	Rising
—	Portezuelo ^*	Ñuble	0.0	Rising
—	Treguaco ^*	Ñuble	0.0	Rising
—	San Fabián ^*	Ñuble	0.0	Stable
—	Sierra Gorda ^*	Antofagasta	0.0	Stable
—	Ollagüe ^*	Antofagasta	0.0	Rising
—	María Elena ^*	Antofagasta	0.0	Rising
—	Alto del Carmen ^*	Atacama	0.0	Stable
—	Freirina ^*	Atacama	0.0	Declining
—	La Higuera ^*	Coquimbo	0.0	Rising
—	Paiguano ^*	Coquimbo	0.0	Rising
—	Canela ^*	Coquimbo	0.0	Rising
—	Río Hurtado ^*	Coquimbo	0.0	Declining
—	Juan Fernández ^*	Valparaíso	0.0	Declining
—	Isla de Pascua ^*	Valparaíso	0.0	Declining
—	Papudo ^*	Valparaíso	0.0	Rising
—	Zapallar ^*	Valparaíso	0.0	Stable
—	Panquehue ^*	Valparaíso	0.0	Rising
—	Coinco ^*	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
—	La Estrella ^*	O'Higgins	0.0	Stable
—	Litueche ^*	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
—	Marchigüe ^*	O'Higgins	0.0	Stable
—	Navidad ^*	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
—	Placilla ^*	O'Higgins	0.0	Rising
—	Pumanque ^*	O'Higgins	0.0	Declining
—	Curepto ^*	Maule	0.0	Rising
—	Empedrado ^*	Maule	0.0	Declining
—	Pelarco ^*	Maule	0.0	Stable
—	Pencahue ^*	Maule	0.0	Stable
—	Chanco ^*	Maule	0.0	Declining
—	Pelluhue ^*	Maule	0.0	Declining
—	Licantén ^*	Maule	0.0	Rising
—	Vichuquén ^*	Maule	0.0	Rising
—	Contulmo ^*	Biobío	0.0	Declining
—	Quilaco ^*	Biobío	0.0	Rising
—	Quilleco ^*	Biobío	0.0	Stable
—	San Rosendo ^*	Biobío	0.0	Rising
—	Alto Biobío ^*	Biobío	0.0	Rising
—	Curarrehue ^*	La Araucanía	0.0	Stable
—	Melipeuco ^*	La Araucanía	0.0	Declining
—	Toltén ^*	La Araucanía	0.0	Declining
—	Ercilla ^*	La Araucanía	0.0	Rising
—	Los Sauces ^*	La Araucanía	0.0	Stable
—	Lumaco ^*	La Araucanía	0.0	Rising

* This commune has a small resident population. Rates per 100,000 inhabitants can show high statistical volatility. Interpret with caution.

Regional breakdown — mean homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants (2025)

Unweighted commune mean per region (communes ≥ 10k population).

Arica y Parinacota 8

Aysén 7

Metropolitana 6

Magallanes 5

Antofagasta 5

Biobío 5

Valparaíso 5

O'Higgins 4

La Araucanía 4

Tarapacá 4

Ñuble 4

Maule 4

Los Lagos 4

Coquimbo 4

Atacama 3

Los Ríos 3

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