Weapons Offences

Reported weapons offences including illegal possession and trafficking, disaggregated by commune from official CEAD police statistics.

National mean: 170 per 100k (2025) (unweighted commune mean — see methodology)256 communes ranked

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

Rank	Commune	Region	Rate per 100k	Trend
#1	Mulchén	Biobío	810	Rising
#2	Retiro	Maule	783	Declining
#3	Yumbel	Biobío	743	Rising
#4	Traiguén	La Araucanía	701	Rising
#5	Parral	Maule	672	Stable
#6	San Javier	Maule	624	Rising
#7	Hualañé	Maule	509	Rising
#8	Los Lagos	Los Ríos	463	Rising
#9	Romeral	Maule	462	Rising
#10	Limache	Valparaíso	451	Rising
#11	San Rafael	Maule	448	Stable
#12	Pucón	La Araucanía	430	Declining
#13	Mariquina	Los Ríos	426	Stable
#14	Lanco	Los Ríos	391	Rising
#15	Victoria	La Araucanía	391	Rising
#16	Nacimiento	Biobío	389	Rising
#17	San Clemente	Maule	386	Stable
#18	Sagrada Familia	Maule	384	Stable
#19	Villa Alegre	Maule	380	Stable
#20	Panguipulli	Los Ríos	372	Stable
#21	Santa Bárbara	Biobío	368	Rising
#22	Collipulli	La Araucanía	364	Rising
#23	Cartagena	Valparaíso	353	Rising
#24	Nogales	Valparaíso	338	Declining
#25	Curacautín	La Araucanía	335	Rising
#26	La Cruz	Valparaíso	333	Rising
#27	Olmué	Valparaíso	327	Rising
#28	Hijuelas	Valparaíso	317	Stable
#29	La Calera	Valparaíso	317	Rising
#30	San Joaquín	Metropolitana	307	Rising
#31	Cholchol	La Araucanía	307	Rising
#32	Lo Espejo	Metropolitana	297	Rising
#33	Yungay	Ñuble	297	Stable
#34	Rauco	Maule	295	Rising
#35	Villarrica	La Araucanía	290	Stable
#36	Constitución	Maule	288	Declining
#37	Tirúa	Biobío	279	Rising
#38	Nueva Imperial	La Araucanía	275	Stable
#39	Cañete	Biobío	269	Rising
#40	Arica	Arica y Parinacota	269	Declining
#41	Vallenar	Atacama	267	Declining
#42	Quillota	Valparaíso	266	Rising
#43	Lo Prado	Metropolitana	266	Stable
#44	Angol	La Araucanía	263	Rising
#45	Puyehue	Los Lagos	262	Stable
#46	Cabrero	Biobío	260	Stable
#47	Quinta Normal	Metropolitana	254	Stable
#48	Los Muermos	Los Lagos	247	Rising
#49	San Ramón	Metropolitana	246	Rising
#50	Melipilla	Metropolitana	244	Rising
#51	La Serena	Coquimbo	237	Stable
#52	San Miguel	Metropolitana	226	Rising
#53	Molina	Maule	224	Stable
#54	Lautaro	La Araucanía	223	Stable
#55	Algarrobo	Valparaíso	221	Stable
#56	El Quisco	Valparaíso	220	Stable
#57	Puerto Montt	Los Lagos	218	Stable
#58	La Cisterna	Metropolitana	216	Rising
#59	La Pintana	Metropolitana	215	Rising
#60	Tomé	Biobío	211	Stable
#61	Coyhaique	Aysén	211	Rising
#62	Paillaco	Los Ríos	210	Rising
#63	Providencia	Metropolitana	207	Stable
#64	Cabildo	Valparaíso	202	Rising
#65	San Pablo	Los Lagos	200	Rising
#66	Lonquimay	La Araucanía	198	Rising
#67	Lota	Biobío	196	Stable
#68	La Granja	Metropolitana	194	Rising
#69	Pirque	Metropolitana	190	Declining
#70	San José de Maipo	Metropolitana	188	Declining
#71	Los Álamos	Biobío	187	Declining
#72	Pedro Aguirre Cerda	Metropolitana	185	Rising
#73	Llaillay	Valparaíso	182	Rising
#74	Renaico	La Araucanía	181	Stable
#75	Diego de Almagro	Atacama	181	Declining
#76	Peralillo	O'Higgins	180	Declining
#77	Arauco	Biobío	180	Declining
#78	Quintero	Valparaíso	179	Declining
#79	Temuco	La Araucanía	178	Rising
#80	Recoleta	Metropolitana	177	Rising
#81	Tocopilla	Antofagasta	176	Rising
#82	Pichilemu	O'Higgins	174	Declining
#83	Combarbalá	Coquimbo	173	Stable
#84	Iquique	Tarapacá	173	Declining
#85	El Bosque	Metropolitana	171	Rising
#86	Cauquenes	Maule	171	Stable
#87	Los Andes	Valparaíso	169	Declining
#88	Antofagasta	Antofagasta	169	Declining
#89	Andacollo	Coquimbo	169	Stable
#90	Laja	Biobío	167	Rising
#91	Mostazal	O'Higgins	167	Declining
#92	San Fernando	O'Higgins	165	Stable
#93	Quellón	Los Lagos	165	Declining
#94	Maullín	Los Lagos	163	Rising
#95	Talagante	Metropolitana	163	Declining
#96	Concepción	Biobío	161	Declining
#97	Huechuraba	Metropolitana	161	Rising
#98	Carahue	La Araucanía	161	Rising
#99	San Antonio	Valparaíso	160	Declining
#100	Talcahuano	Biobío	159	Rising
#101	Valdivia	Los Ríos	159	Rising
#102	La Unión	Los Ríos	159	Declining
#103	María Pinto	Metropolitana	158	Stable
#104	Cerro Navia	Metropolitana	155	Rising
#105	Santiago	Metropolitana	154	Stable
#106	Vicuña	Coquimbo	153	Rising
#107	Nancagua	O'Higgins	151	Stable
#108	Coihueco	Ñuble	151	Stable
#109	Ovalle	Coquimbo	150	Declining
#110	Penco	Biobío	149	Declining
#111	Conchalí	Metropolitana	147	Stable
#112	Macul	Metropolitana	144	Rising
#113	Calama	Antofagasta	144	Declining
#114	Río Negro	Los Lagos	142	Rising
#115	Río Bueno	Los Ríos	142	Rising
#116	Pitrufquén	La Araucanía	142	Rising
#117	Copiapó	Atacama	142	Declining
#118	Tiltil	Metropolitana	141	Stable
#119	Caldera	Atacama	140	Declining
#120	Curanilahue	Biobío	138	Rising
#121	Santa Cruz	O'Higgins	135	Stable
#122	Santa Juana	Biobío	134	Declining
#123	Curacaví	Metropolitana	134	Declining
#124	Teno	Maule	134	Declining
#125	Hualpén	Biobío	131	Stable
#126	Vitacura	Metropolitana	131	Declining
#127	Castro	Los Lagos	131	Declining
#128	Chépica	O'Higgins	130	Declining
#129	La Reina	Metropolitana	129	Stable
#130	Buin	Metropolitana	128	Declining
#131	Renca	Metropolitana	126	Rising
#132	Freire	La Araucanía	126	Rising
#133	Santo Domingo	Valparaíso	125	Stable
#134	La Ligua	Valparaíso	125	Rising
#135	Ancud	Los Lagos	125	Stable
#136	Frutillar	Los Lagos	124	Declining
#137	Illapel	Coquimbo	124	Rising
#138	Estación Central	Metropolitana	124	Rising
#139	Curicó	Maule	123	Declining
#140	Aysén	Aysén	123	Rising
#141	Codegua	O'Higgins	122	Rising
#142	Cunco	La Araucanía	122	Stable
#143	Loncoche	La Araucanía	121	Declining
#144	Peñaflor	Metropolitana	120	Rising
#145	Huasco	Atacama	120	Declining
#146	Maule	Maule	120	Declining
#147	Graneros	O'Higgins	119	Stable
#148	Punitaqui	Coquimbo	119	Stable
#149	Independencia	Metropolitana	119	Stable
#150	Talca	Maule	117	Stable
#151	Coquimbo	Coquimbo	116	Rising
#152	Llanquihue	Los Lagos	116	Rising
#153	Rengo	O'Higgins	116	Declining
#154	Pozo Almonte	Tarapacá	116	Declining
#155	Rancagua	O'Higgins	115	Declining
#156	Teodoro Schmidt	La Araucanía	114	Rising
#157	Bulnes	Ñuble	114	Declining
#158	Negrete	Biobío	113	Declining
#159	Doñihue	O'Higgins	113	Rising
#160	Ñiquén	Ñuble	113	Declining
#161	San Pedro de la Paz	Biobío	111	Declining
#162	Saavedra	La Araucanía	111	Stable
#163	San Felipe	Valparaíso	111	Stable
#164	Dalcahue	Los Lagos	109	Rising
#165	Purén	La Araucanía	108	Rising
#166	Calera de Tango	Metropolitana	108	Stable
#167	Valparaíso	Valparaíso	107	Stable
#168	Chimbarongo	O'Higgins	106	Declining
#169	Pinto	Ñuble	106	Rising
#170	Padre Las Casas	La Araucanía	106	Stable
#171	Mejillones	Antofagasta	106	Stable
#172	Río Claro	Maule	105	Declining
#173	Purranque	Los Lagos	105	Stable
#174	Pudahuel	Metropolitana	105	Stable
#175	Fresia	Los Lagos	104	Declining
#176	Calbuco	Los Lagos	103	Stable
#177	Lebu	Biobío	103	Declining
#178	Cerrillos	Metropolitana	103	Rising
#179	San Bernardo	Metropolitana	101	Stable
#180	Coelemu	Ñuble	101	Declining
#181	Viña del Mar	Valparaíso	100	Stable
#182	Quilpué	Valparaíso	99	Rising
#183	Osorno	Los Lagos	99	Rising
#184	El Monte	Metropolitana	98	Declining
#185	Los Ángeles	Biobío	98	Declining
#186	El Tabo	Valparaíso	98	Rising
#187	Chillán Viejo	Ñuble	97	Declining
#188	Puerto Varas	Los Lagos	96	Stable
#189	Vilcún	La Araucanía	96	Declining
#190	Puente Alto	Metropolitana	96	Stable
#191	San Nicolás	Ñuble	96	Rising
#192	Concón	Valparaíso	94	Rising
#193	Gorbea	La Araucanía	93	Stable
#194	Peñalolén	Metropolitana	92	Stable
#195	Lampa	Metropolitana	91	Declining
#196	El Carmen	Ñuble	90	Rising
#197	Rinconada	Valparaíso	90	Declining
#198	Lo Barnechea	Metropolitana	90	Rising
#199	Palmilla	O'Higgins	88	Stable
#200	Ñuñoa	Metropolitana	88	Stable
#201	Alto Hospicio	Tarapacá	87	Declining
#202	Los Vilos	Coquimbo	85	Stable
#203	San Ignacio	Ñuble	84	Stable
#204	Puchuncaví	Valparaíso	84	Declining
#205	Colina	Metropolitana	82	Stable
#206	Hualqui	Biobío	82	Declining
#207	Monte Patria	Coquimbo	80	Rising
#208	Coronel	Biobío	79	Declining
#209	Las Cabras	O'Higgins	79	Stable
#210	San Carlos	Ñuble	77	Declining
#211	Quilicura	Metropolitana	77	Stable
#212	Petorca	Valparaíso	75	Rising
#213	Salamanca	Coquimbo	73	Declining
#214	Maipú	Metropolitana	73	Stable
#215	Machalí	O'Higgins	73	Declining
#216	Olivar	O'Higgins	73	Stable
#217	Futrono	Los Ríos	73	Rising
#218	Quillón	Ñuble	72	Stable
#219	Casablanca	Valparaíso	71	Declining
#220	Chañaral	Atacama	69	Declining
#221	Requínoa	O'Higgins	69	Declining
#222	Linares	Maule	68	Declining
#223	La Florida	Metropolitana	67	Stable
#224	Coltauco	O'Higgins	67	Stable
#225	Santa María	Valparaíso	64	Stable
#226	Chiguayante	Biobío	64	Stable
#227	San Esteban	Valparaíso	64	Declining
#228	Chillán	Ñuble	61	Declining
#229	Isla de Maipo	Metropolitana	61	Declining
#230	Paine	Metropolitana	60	Rising
#231	Yerbas Buenas	Maule	60	Rising
#232	Peumo	O'Higgins	60	Rising
#233	Florida	Biobío	59	Stable
#234	Padre Hurtado	Metropolitana	59	Stable
#235	Quirihue	Ñuble	57	Declining
#236	Galvarino	La Araucanía	56	Stable
#237	San Pedro	Metropolitana	55	Declining
#238	Pichidegua	O'Higgins	52	Stable
#239	San Vicente	O'Higgins	51	Stable
#240	Las Condes	Metropolitana	49	Stable
#241	Tierra Amarilla	Atacama	48	Declining
#242	San Pedro de Atacama	Antofagasta	45	Stable
#243	Chonchi	Los Lagos	43	Declining
#244	Taltal	Antofagasta	43	Rising
#245	Villa Alemana	Valparaíso	43	Stable
#246	Malloa	O'Higgins	42	Declining
#247	Quinta de Tilcoco	O'Higgins	42	Declining
#248	Longaví	Maule	41	Stable
#249	Calle Larga	Valparaíso	39	Declining
#250	Putaendo	Valparaíso	39	Declining
#251	Catemu	Valparaíso	38	Stable
#252	Punta Arenas	Magallanes	38	Rising
#253	Colbún	Maule	34	Rising
#254	Tucapel	Biobío	32	Declining
#255	Lago Ranco	Los Ríos	29	Rising
#256	Natales	Magallanes	24	Stable
—	Ollagüe^*	Antofagasta	1,132	Rising
—	Máfil^*	Los Ríos	787	Rising
—	Ercilla^*	La Araucanía	765	Rising
—	Colchane^*	Tarapacá	712	Declining
—	Vichuquén^*	Maule	675	Rising
—	Licantén^*	Maule	544	Rising
—	Pelarco^*	Maule	496	Stable
—	San Rosendo^*	Biobío	480	Rising
—	Pencahue^*	Maule	452	Stable
—	Timaukel^*	Magallanes	365	Declining
—	San Gregorio^*	Magallanes	311	Rising
—	La Estrella^*	O'Higgins	291	Stable
—	Empedrado^*	Maule	264	Declining
—	Ninhue^*	Ñuble	262	Rising
—	Papudo^*	Valparaíso	262	Rising
—	Río Ibáñez^*	Aysén	258	Declining
—	Antuco^*	Biobío	254	Stable
—	Curepto^*	Maule	254	Rising
—	Curarrehue^*	La Araucanía	228	Stable
—	Huara^*	Tarapacá	225	Declining
—	Chile Chico^*	Aysén	213	Declining
—	Futaleufú^*	Los Lagos	204	Rising
—	Lumaco^*	La Araucanía	192	Rising
—	Ránquil^*	Ñuble	191	Stable
—	Porvenir^*	Magallanes	182	Declining
—	Perquenco^*	La Araucanía	179	Declining
—	Lolol^*	O'Higgins	174	Rising
—	Tortel^*	Aysén	171	Stable
—	Quilaco^*	Biobío	168	Rising
—	San Fabián^*	Ñuble	166	Stable
—	Los Sauces^*	La Araucanía	161	Stable
—	Cochrane^*	Aysén	160	Declining
—	Putre^*	Arica y Parinacota	155	Stable
—	Pemuco^*	Ñuble	152	Declining
—	Primavera^*	Magallanes	149	Rising
—	Contulmo^*	Biobío	142	Declining
—	Freirina^*	Atacama	140	Declining
—	Treguaco^*	Ñuble	138	Rising
—	Litueche^*	O'Higgins	129	Declining
—	Panquehue^*	Valparaíso	127	Rising
—	General Lagos^*	Arica y Parinacota	125	Rising
—	Toltén^*	La Araucanía	121	Declining
—	Pumanque^*	O'Higgins	114	Declining
—	Corral^*	Los Ríos	111	Rising
—	Sierra Gorda^*	Antofagasta	111	Stable
—	Marchigüe^*	O'Higgins	103	Stable
—	Chanco^*	Maule	97	Declining
—	Placilla^*	O'Higgins	97	Rising
—	Juan Fernández^*	Valparaíso	89	Declining
—	La Higuera^*	Coquimbo	88	Rising
—	Coinco^*	O'Higgins	87	Declining
—	Zapallar^*	Valparaíso	83	Stable
—	San Juan de la Costa^*	Los Lagos	81	Rising
—	Camarones^*	Arica y Parinacota	80	Stable
—	Pica^*	Tarapacá	79	Declining
—	Alhué^*	Metropolitana	75	Stable
—	Quinchao^*	Los Lagos	74	Declining
—	Camiña^*	Tarapacá	73	Stable
—	Queilén^*	Los Lagos	72	Declining
—	Puqueldón^*	Los Lagos	72	Rising
—	Navidad^*	O'Higgins	70	Declining
—	Quemchi^*	Los Lagos	69	Stable
—	Isla de Pascua^*	Valparaíso	67	Declining
—	Quilleco^*	Biobío	60	Stable
—	Alto Biobío^*	Biobío	59	Rising
—	Cobquecura^*	Ñuble	58	Rising
—	Puerto Octay^*	Los Lagos	55	Declining
—	Palena^*	Los Lagos	55	Declining
—	Canela^*	Coquimbo	53	Rising
—	Cochamó^*	Los Lagos	51	Rising
—	Curaco de Vélez^*	Los Lagos	48	Stable
—	Pelluhue^*	Maule	47	Declining
—	Río Hurtado^*	Coquimbo	47	Declining
—	Paiguano^*	Coquimbo	42	Rising
—	Portezuelo^*	Ñuble	41	Rising
—	Alto del Carmen^*	Atacama	35	Stable
—	Cisnes^*	Aysén	34	Stable
—	Melipeuco^*	La Araucanía	32	Declining
—	Hualaihué^*	Los Lagos	31	Stable
—	María Elena^*	Antofagasta	31	Rising
—	Chaitén^*	Los Lagos	20	Rising
—	Paredones^*	O'Higgins	16	Rising
—	Lago Verde^*	Aysén	0	Declining
—	Guaitecas^*	Aysén	0	Declining
—	OHiggins^*	Aysén	0	Rising
—	Laguna Blanca^*	Magallanes	0	Declining
—	Río Verde^*	Magallanes	0	Declining
—	Cabo de Hornos^*	Magallanes	0	Rising
—	Antártica^*	Magallanes	0	Stable
—	Torres del Paine^*	Magallanes	0	Declining

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

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

Maule292

Arica y Parinacota269

Los Ríos242

La Araucanía220

Biobío210

Valparaíso167

Aysén167

Metropolitana145

Los Lagos142

Atacama138

Coquimbo135

Tarapacá125

Antofagasta114

Ñuble108

O'Higgins104

Magallanes31

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