Crime in Ecuador

Crime rates in Ecuador

Level of crime	70.76	High
Crime increasing in the past 3 years	78.23	High
Worries home broken and things stolen	56.43	Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed	68.93	High
Worries car stolen	58.03	Moderate
Worries things from car stolen	65.51	High
Worries attacked	54.92	Moderate
Worries being insulted	41.60	Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	24.50	Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	62.88	High
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	66.54	High
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	67.39	High
Problem corruption and bribery	80.04	Very High

Safety walking alone during daylight		54.18	Moderate
Safety walking alone during night		24.54	Low

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Last update: April 2024

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

City	Crime Index	Safety Index
Guayaquil	74.4	25.6
Quito	63.0	37.0
Cuenca	45.6	54.4

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Index
Crime Index:	62.27
Safety Index:	37.73