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Pinto

Medium-high incidencePopulation: 12,179
6,736
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants (2025)
More reported crime than 83%
of Chile's communes
CEAD 2025 · #58 of 346 · 1 = most reported incidence
More reported crime than 90%
of communes in Ñuble
CEAD 2025 · #2 of 21 · 1 = most reported incidence

Annual evolution (2005–present)

Rising
16% above national average
34% above regional average

Reported incidence by crime category (2025)

Life crimes1478
Property crimes1225
Violent robbery73
Disorder2850
Domestic violence890
Drug crimes114
Weapons106

Note: this is CEAD’s "Drug Crimes" family — criminal offences under Ley 20.000 (trafficking, micro-trafficking and cultivation). It is a low-volume, mostly police-detected category. Public drug or alcohol consumption is classified by CEAD under Disorder, not here, so this figure understates total drug-related police activity.

Homicides (2025)

8 per 100,000 inhabitants (1 case)

Source: CEAD, subgroup 101 Life Crimes (2025)

Crime evolution by category (2005–present)

Life crimes

2005–2026

Property crimes

2005–2026

Violent robbery

2005–2026

Disorder

2005–2026

Domestic violence

2005–2026

Drug crimes

2005–2026

Weapons

2005–2026

Homicide

2005–2026

Faded points indicate partial-year data.

(date of our last download from CEAD) 2026 is a partial year: its figures include only what CEAD had published by June 16, 2026. It is not used for the headline rate or rankings, and appears as a faded point in the trend charts. The latest complete year is 2025.

Composite Crime Index (2024)

14Very Low
#294 of 346 nationally · #17 in Ñuble
Composite of reported crimes (CEAD/SPD), adjusted for SII economic activity. Does not reflect unreported crime. Reference year: 2024.

No INE ENUSC victimization estimate available for this comuna (SAE model covers 136 of 346 comunas).

Comparable commune (same region)

San NicolásÑuble
7,120per 100k inh.#45 of 346Rising

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Similar Communes in This Region

Communes in Ñuble with similar reported CEAD incidence rates:

CommuneRate per 100k
National rankTrend
San Nicolás7,120#45Rising
Quillón6,210#77Stable
Bulnes5,810#111Declining
Chillán5,442#134Declining
Yungay5,291#145Stable

Glossary

Rankings by Crime Type

Pinto (Ñuble region) registers a reported incidence rate that places it in the upper quarter of Chilean communes. The CEAD series reflects a rising trend, with 6,736.3 incidents per 100,000 inhabitants recorded in 2025 — national rank 58 of 346.

Pinto is one of the communes that make up the Ñuble region. Within the region, it holds regional rank 2, a position that reflects its incidence level relative to other communes in the same administrative area. Regional comparisons are particularly relevant because they account for shared socioeconomic conditions, urban density patterns, and local reporting infrastructure that may influence measured incidence across the region.

The reported incidence rate of Pinto in 2025 is close to the per-capita national mean computed across non-low-population communes. The difference is within a narrow margin, suggesting that the commune's reported activity broadly tracks the national level for communes of comparable data quality.

Within Ñuble, Pinto registers reported incidence moderately above the regional per-capita mean — roughly 34% higher in 2025. The commune's position within its region reflects both absolute incidence levels and the distribution of reported activity across other Ñuble communes.

In 2025, the leading category in Pinto's reported crime profile was public-order incidents, which accounted for the largest share of total reported incidents. The second most prevalent category was crimes against persons. This composition reflects Pinto's particular urban and socioeconomic characteristics. The CEAD breakdown covers seven crime families: crimes against persons, property crimes, violent robbery, public-order incidents, domestic violence, drug-related offenses, and weapons offenses. The relative weight of each category in the total rate is visible in the incidence-by-category chart above.

A useful reference point for contextualizing Pinto's data is San Nicolás (Ñuble), identified as the nearest comparable commune within the same region based on reported incidence. In 2025, San Nicolás recorded approximately 7,120.1 incidents per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 6,736.3 for Pinto. The two communes share a similar incidence tier, making the comparison informative for understanding Pinto's position relative to a concrete peer rather than an abstract national average. San Nicolás holds national rank 45 of 346.

Looking at the full CEAD time series, Pinto recorded 3,216.3 incidents per 100,000 inhabitants in 2005. Since then, the reported rate has increased, reaching 6,736.3 in 2025. The multi-year series is displayed in the sparkline chart above, which shows annual values from 2005 through 2025. The most recent year of partial data (if available) is shown at reduced opacity to indicate that the figure is not yet complete. Year-on-year fluctuations are normal and can reflect changes in recording practices, population estimates, or law enforcement priorities rather than changes in underlying behavior.

The data presented here are sourced from CEAD (Centro de Estudios y Análisis del Delito), the official Chilean body that compiles police-reported crime statistics. All figures represent reported incidents — actual incidence may differ due to under-reporting, which varies by crime type and territory. The 2025 rate of 6,736.3 incidents per 100,000 inhabitants for Pinto reflects the most recent complete annual data available at the time of this publication. For more information on methodology and the rate-per-100,000 definition, see the methodology section.