Crime in San Salvador, El Salvador

Crime rates in San Salvador, El Salvador

Level of crime
67.07 High
Crime increasing in the past 5 years
50.93 Moderate
Worries home broken and things stolen
47.41 Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed
61.08 High
Worries car stolen
54.21 Moderate
Worries things from car stolen
63.08 High
Worries attacked
52.10 Moderate
Worries being insulted
40.84 Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion
18.20 Very Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs
50.74 Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft
60.51 High
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery
65.05 High
Problem corruption and bribery
72.03 High

Safety in San Salvador, El Salvador

Safety walking alone during daylight
55.14 Moderate
Safety walking alone during night
33.73 Low

Contributors: 109

Last update: 24 January 2026

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 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.

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6 Comments so far
Anonymous on Jan 18, 2026:
El Salvador is the safest country of the western hemisphere, you have to visit there and see it by yourself
Anonymous on Sep 22, 2025:
Country is safer than the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Sweden and Spain. And not arrogant/racism like chileans or argentinians (or some whitexicans) who had some problems with white supremacist, just like Colombians, very friendly people.
Anonymous on Dec 11, 2023:
Answering to James

El Salvador is still a dangerous country in terms of theft and assault since poverty is still very high so be careful
James on Feb 25, 2023:
Nayib Bukele is doing an excellent job, el salvador is starting to be the safest country in latin america probably in the whole americas soon!
Can't wait to buy a house there.
Anonymous on Jun 19, 2022:
Don't recommend going to this country unless you have family there and can speak Spanish. Point is with family is that they know the good and bad parts of El Salvador, something a website can't tell you. From personal experience, the main cities are pretty bad like San Salvador.
el salvadorian on Oct 07, 2021:
this is all lies my country is very safe pls visit us
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