Communes with the Highest Reported Drug Crimes Incidence in Chile

Reported drug offence incidence per 100,000 inhabitants by commune. Covers the CEAD "Drogas" family — criminal offences under Ley 20.000 (trafficking, micro-trafficking and cultivation). Public drug or alcohol consumption is counted under the Disorder (Incivilidades) family, not here, so this figure understates total drug-related police activity. Figures represent police reports (denuncias), not convictions. Source: CEAD — Ministry of Interior and Public Security, official police statistics.

National mean: 102.3 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 drug crimes rate per 100,000 inhabitants (2025)

Rates are reported complaints (denuncias) 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	Los Vilos	Coquimbo	446.4	Stable
#2	Pozo Almonte	Tarapacá	443.0	Declining
#3	Cartagena	Valparaíso	374.9	Rising
#4	Pichilemu	O'Higgins	305.0	Declining
#5	Mostazal	O'Higgins	291.6	Declining
#6	Tomé	Biobío	276.9	Stable
#7	La Ligua	Valparaíso	257.1	Rising
#8	Cabrero	Biobío	250.2	Stable
#9	Tocopilla	Antofagasta	246.7	Rising
#10	Nogales	Valparaíso	232.4	Declining
#11	Huasco	Atacama	231.8	Declining
#12	San Pedro de Atacama	Antofagasta	224.8	Stable
#13	Chañaral	Atacama	215.9	Declining
#14	Lonquimay	La Araucanía	215.8	Rising
#15	Lebu	Biobío	206.2	Declining
#16	Angol	La Araucanía	205.5	Rising
#17	Victoria	La Araucanía	205.3	Rising
#18	Villarrica	La Araucanía	201.6	Stable
#19	La Unión	Los Ríos	193.8	Declining
#20	Los Andes	Valparaíso	188.1	Declining
#21	Graneros	O'Higgins	186.7	Stable
#22	Limache	Valparaíso	186.2	Rising
#23	Taltal	Antofagasta	185.7	Rising
#24	Renaico	La Araucanía	181.2	Stable
#25	Pucón	La Araucanía	181.2	Declining
#26	Pitrufquén	La Araucanía	179.6	Rising
#27	Arica	Arica y Parinacota	178.7	Declining
#28	Vicuña	Coquimbo	172.6	Rising
#29	Iquique	Tarapacá	171.9	Declining
#30	Calama	Antofagasta	170.7	Declining
#31	Collipulli	La Araucanía	168.9	Rising
#32	Mulchén	Biobío	167.0	Rising
#33	Caldera	Atacama	164.5	Declining
#34	Castro	Los Lagos	163.4	Declining
#35	El Quisco	Valparaíso	162.5	Stable
#36	Yumbel	Biobío	162.0	Rising
#37	Cauquenes	Maule	161.8	Stable
#38	Lo Espejo	Metropolitana	159.4	Rising
#39	Diego de Almagro	Atacama	159.4	Declining
#40	Combarbalá	Coquimbo	159.0	Stable
#41	Santa Cruz	O'Higgins	158.5	Stable
#42	Concón	Valparaíso	158.1	Rising
#43	Copiapó	Atacama	157.7	Declining
#44	San Antonio	Valparaíso	157.6	Declining
#45	Los Álamos	Biobío	156.2	Declining
#46	Parral	Maule	155.0	Stable
#47	Aysén	Aysén	154.5	Rising
#48	Puerto Montt	Los Lagos	151.6	Stable
#49	San Nicolás	Ñuble	151.3	Rising
#50	Traiguén	La Araucanía	150.7	Rising
#51	La Calera	Valparaíso	148.3	Rising
#52	Rengo	O'Higgins	146.4	Declining
#53	Quintero	Valparaíso	145.5	Declining
#54	Coronel	Biobío	145.1	Declining
#55	Andacollo	Coquimbo	143.6	Stable
#56	La Pintana	Metropolitana	143.0	Rising
#57	Nacimiento	Biobío	142.7	Rising
#58	San Javier	Maule	142.4	Rising
#59	Illapel	Coquimbo	142.2	Rising
#60	Temuco	La Araucanía	141.4	Rising
#61	Teodoro Schmidt	La Araucanía	139.9	Rising
#62	Vallenar	Atacama	139.5	Declining
#63	Natales	Magallanes	137.0	Stable
#64	El Tabo	Valparaíso	136.6	Rising
#65	Ancud	Los Lagos	136.4	Stable
#66	San Fernando	O'Higgins	135.9	Stable
#67	Talca	Maule	135.5	Stable
#68	Punitaqui	Coquimbo	135.1	Stable
#69	Cañete	Biobío	133.2	Rising
#70	Lota	Biobío	132.4	Stable
#71	Petorca	Valparaíso	131.6	Rising
#72	Recoleta	Metropolitana	130.9	Rising
#73	Lautaro	La Araucanía	130.5	Stable
#74	Frutillar	Los Lagos	128.9	Declining
#75	Algarrobo	Valparaíso	128.9	Stable
#76	Constitución	Maule	128.3	Declining
#77	Penco	Biobío	127.4	Declining
#78	San Vicente	O'Higgins	127.2	Stable
#79	Coyhaique	Aysén	127.0	Rising
#80	Curacautín	La Araucanía	126.3	Rising
#81	Valparaíso	Valparaíso	126.1	Stable
#82	Nancagua	O'Higgins	125.9	Stable
#83	Futrono	Los Ríos	125.3	Rising
#84	Nueva Imperial	La Araucanía	119.8	Stable
#85	Purranque	Los Lagos	119.4	Stable
#86	Hualañé	Maule	117.4	Rising
#87	La Granja	Metropolitana	116.6	Rising
#88	Quellón	Los Lagos	115.4	Declining
#89	Valdivia	Los Ríos	115.1	Rising
#90	Pinto	Ñuble	114.3	Rising
#91	Chillán	Ñuble	113.5	Declining
#92	Gorbea	La Araucanía	112.9	Stable
#93	Malloa	O'Higgins	111.7	Declining
#94	Romeral	Maule	111.1	Rising
#95	Hualqui	Biobío	108.0	Declining
#96	Purén	La Araucanía	107.7	Rising
#97	San Ramón	Metropolitana	107.3	Rising
#98	Peumo	O'Higgins	106.4	Rising
#99	Santiago	Metropolitana	104.5	Stable
#100	El Bosque	Metropolitana	104.0	Rising
#101	Puchuncaví	Valparaíso	102.4	Declining
#102	Santa Bárbara	Biobío	102.1	Rising
#103	Laja	Biobío	100.3	Rising
#104	Río Bueno	Los Ríos	100.0	Rising
#105	Pirque	Metropolitana	98.2	Declining
#106	Osorno	Los Lagos	97.8	Rising
#107	San Clemente	Maule	97.1	Stable
#108	Melipilla	Metropolitana	97.0	Rising
#109	Molina	Maule	96.9	Stable
#110	Curicó	Maule	96.8	Declining
#111	Requínoa	O'Higgins	96.8	Declining
#112	Cabildo	Valparaíso	96.3	Rising
#113	Estación Central	Metropolitana	96.0	Rising
#114	Colina	Metropolitana	95.5	Stable
#115	San Bernardo	Metropolitana	94.1	Stable
#116	Rancagua	O'Higgins	93.7	Declining
#117	Concepción	Biobío	92.1	Declining
#118	Chillán Viejo	Ñuble	91.8	Declining
#119	San Joaquín	Metropolitana	90.5	Rising
#120	Linares	Maule	89.9	Declining
#121	Talagante	Metropolitana	89.2	Declining
#122	Peñaflor	Metropolitana	88.8	Rising
#123	Villa Alegre	Maule	88.1	Stable
#124	Casablanca	Valparaíso	87.5	Declining
#125	Llaillay	Valparaíso	87.4	Rising
#126	Pedro Aguirre Cerda	Metropolitana	87.0	Rising
#127	El Monte	Metropolitana	86.6	Declining
#128	Cerro Navia	Metropolitana	86.5	Rising
#129	Macul	Metropolitana	86.4	Rising
#130	Alto Hospicio	Tarapacá	84.7	Declining
#131	Chiguayante	Biobío	84.7	Stable
#132	Viña del Mar	Valparaíso	84.6	Stable
#133	Buin	Metropolitana	84.2	Declining
#134	Teno	Maule	84.0	Declining
#135	Paine	Metropolitana	83.8	Rising
#136	Olmué	Valparaíso	83.0	Rising
#137	Lanco	Los Ríos	82.7	Rising
#138	Quillón	Ñuble	82.4	Stable
#139	Ovalle	Coquimbo	82.4	Declining
#140	Catemu	Valparaíso	82.2	Stable
#141	Arauco	Biobío	82.1	Declining
#142	Punta Arenas	Magallanes	81.9	Rising
#143	San Felipe	Valparaíso	81.0	Stable
#144	Lo Prado	Metropolitana	81.0	Stable
#145	Llanquihue	Los Lagos	79.3	Rising
#146	Bulnes	Ñuble	79.1	Declining
#147	San Pedro	Metropolitana	78.9	Declining
#148	San Ignacio	Ñuble	78.4	Stable
#149	Cerrillos	Metropolitana	77.5	Rising
#150	Lampa	Metropolitana	77.1	Declining
#151	Los Ángeles	Biobío	76.9	Declining
#152	San Carlos	Ñuble	76.9	Declining
#153	Coquimbo	Coquimbo	76.0	Rising
#154	Quillota	Valparaíso	75.7	Rising
#155	Pudahuel	Metropolitana	75.3	Stable
#156	Chimbarongo	O'Higgins	75.1	Declining
#157	Maullín	Los Lagos	74.8	Rising
#158	Isla de Maipo	Metropolitana	74.6	Declining
#159	Yungay	Ñuble	74.1	Stable
#160	Retiro	Maule	74.1	Declining
#161	Monte Patria	Coquimbo	73.4	Rising
#162	Talcahuano	Biobío	72.7	Rising
#163	Tirúa	Biobío	71.9	Rising
#164	Curanilahue	Biobío	70.7	Rising
#165	Carahue	La Araucanía	70.5	Rising
#166	Curacaví	Metropolitana	69.6	Declining
#167	Tierra Amarilla	Atacama	69.2	Declining
#168	Conchalí	Metropolitana	68.6	Stable
#169	Los Lagos	Los Ríos	68.2	Rising
#170	Antofagasta	Antofagasta	67.5	Declining
#171	Santa Juana	Biobío	67.1	Declining
#172	Paillaco	Los Ríos	66.8	Rising
#173	Putaendo	Valparaíso	66.3	Declining
#174	Panguipulli	Los Ríos	66.2	Stable
#175	La Cisterna	Metropolitana	66.1	Rising
#176	San José de Maipo	Metropolitana	66.0	Declining
#177	La Serena	Coquimbo	65.9	Stable
#178	Dalcahue	Los Lagos	64.3	Rising
#179	Hualpén	Biobío	64.2	Stable
#180	Saavedra	La Araucanía	63.3	Stable
#181	San Pedro de la Paz	Biobío	63.2	Declining
#182	Quinta de Tilcoco	O'Higgins	62.6	Declining
#183	Mejillones	Antofagasta	62.2	Stable
#184	Coihueco	Ñuble	61.6	Stable
#185	Hijuelas	Valparaíso	61.4	Stable
#186	Renca	Metropolitana	61.2	Rising
#187	Puente Alto	Metropolitana	60.2	Stable
#188	Independencia	Metropolitana	59.9	Stable
#189	Puyehue	Los Lagos	59.2	Stable
#190	Freire	La Araucanía	58.9	Rising
#191	Mariquina	Los Ríos	57.9	Stable
#192	Puerto Varas	Los Lagos	57.7	Stable
#193	Peralillo	O'Higgins	57.1	Declining
#194	Salamanca	Coquimbo	56.5	Declining
#195	Longaví	Maule	56.1	Stable
#196	Villa Alemana	Valparaíso	54.9	Stable
#197	Tucapel	Biobío	51.7	Declining
#198	Palmilla	O'Higgins	51.2	Stable
#199	Quilpué	Valparaíso	50.8	Rising
#200	Los Muermos	Los Lagos	50.5	Rising
#201	Doñihue	O'Higgins	50.3	Rising
#202	Peñalolén	Metropolitana	50.0	Stable
#203	Lago Ranco	Los Ríos	48.7	Rising
#204	San Pablo	Los Lagos	47.5	Rising
#205	Pichidegua	O'Higgins	47.3	Stable
#206	Negrete	Biobío	47.2	Declining
#207	Santa María	Valparaíso	46.8	Stable
#208	Río Claro	Maule	46.0	Declining
#209	Sagrada Familia	Maule	45.4	Stable
#210	Las Cabras	O'Higgins	42.9	Stable
#211	Río Negro	Los Lagos	42.7	Rising
#212	Huechuraba	Metropolitana	41.8	Rising
#213	Maipú	Metropolitana	41.6	Stable
#214	Coelemu	Ñuble	41.4	Declining
#215	Rinconada	Valparaíso	41.0	Declining
#216	Providencia	Metropolitana	40.6	Stable
#217	Coltauco	O'Higgins	40.3	Stable
#218	Quinta Normal	Metropolitana	40.0	Stable
#219	Galvarino	La Araucanía	39.8	Stable
#220	Olivar	O'Higgins	39.8	Stable
#221	Calera de Tango	Metropolitana	39.1	Stable
#222	Vilcún	La Araucanía	39.1	Declining
#223	Calle Larga	Valparaíso	39.0	Declining
#224	Ñuñoa	Metropolitana	38.8	Stable
#225	María Pinto	Metropolitana	37.9	Stable
#226	Chépica	O'Higgins	37.1	Declining
#227	Calbuco	Los Lagos	37.0	Stable
#228	Chonchi	Los Lagos	36.8	Declining
#229	Loncoche	La Araucanía	36.3	Declining
#230	Padre Hurtado	Metropolitana	35.9	Stable
#231	Ñiquén	Ñuble	34.7	Declining
#232	Colbún	Maule	33.8	Rising
#233	La Florida	Metropolitana	33.6	Stable
#234	Cunco	La Araucanía	33.2	Stable
#235	San Esteban	Valparaíso	31.8	Declining
#236	Cholchol	La Araucanía	31.5	Rising
#237	Tiltil	Metropolitana	30.8	Stable
#238	Machalí	O'Higgins	30.4	Declining
#239	San Miguel	Metropolitana	30.3	Rising
#240	Padre Las Casas	La Araucanía	30.2	Stable
#241	Lo Barnechea	Metropolitana	29.5	Rising
#242	La Reina	Metropolitana	29.4	Stable
#243	San Rafael	Maule	28.6	Stable
#244	Quilicura	Metropolitana	27.2	Stable
#245	Florida	Biobío	25.3	Stable
#246	El Carmen	Ñuble	24.7	Rising
#247	La Cruz	Valparaíso	24.6	Rising
#248	Quirihue	Ñuble	24.5	Declining
#249	Santo Domingo	Valparaíso	23.5	Stable
#250	Vitacura	Metropolitana	22.8	Declining
#251	Maule	Maule	21.1	Declining
#252	Codegua	O'Higgins	20.3	Rising
#253	Yerbas Buenas	Maule	20.1	Rising
#254	Las Condes	Metropolitana	17.9	Stable
#255	Rauco	Maule	8.4	Rising
#256	Fresia	Los Lagos	0.0	Declining
—	Ollagüe ^*	Antofagasta	9,811.3	Rising
—	Colchane ^*	Tarapacá	1,229.0	Declining
—	Camarones ^*	Arica y Parinacota	961.5	Stable
—	Timaukel ^*	Magallanes	729.9	Declining
—	Perquenco ^*	La Araucanía	673.4	Declining
—	Huara ^*	Tarapacá	546.4	Declining
—	San Gregorio ^*	Magallanes	465.8	Rising
—	Sierra Gorda ^*	Antofagasta	443.0	Stable
—	Paiguano ^*	Coquimbo	275.8	Rising
—	La Higuera ^*	Coquimbo	263.9	Rising
—	Guaitecas ^*	Aysén	248.1	Declining
—	Putre ^*	Arica y Parinacota	232.7	Stable
—	Paredones ^*	O'Higgins	224.5	Rising
—	Isla de Pascua ^*	Valparaíso	211.2	Declining
—	Zapallar ^*	Valparaíso	189.3	Stable
—	Juan Fernández ^*	Valparaíso	178.4	Declining
—	San Rosendo ^*	Biobío	169.5	Rising
—	Papudo ^*	Valparaíso	169.4	Rising
—	Freirina ^*	Atacama	165.3	Declining
—	Canela ^*	Coquimbo	158.0	Rising
—	Chaitén ^*	Los Lagos	157.0	Rising
—	Hualaihué ^*	Los Lagos	156.2	Stable
—	María Elena ^*	Antofagasta	155.5	Rising
—	Pelluhue ^*	Maule	152.5	Declining
—	Río Ibáñez ^*	Aysén	147.4	Declining
—	Licantén ^*	Maule	143.3	Rising
—	Pumanque ^*	O'Higgins	142.5	Declining
—	Pica ^*	Tarapacá	141.8	Declining
—	Vichuquén ^*	Maule	139.7	Rising
—	Alto del Carmen ^*	Atacama	138.3	Stable
—	Ercilla ^*	La Araucanía	131.5	Rising
—	San Fabián ^*	Ñuble	124.4	Stable
—	Cisnes ^*	Aysén	119.1	Stable
—	Río Hurtado ^*	Coquimbo	116.5	Declining
—	Marchigüe ^*	O'Higgins	116.4	Stable
—	Chile Chico ^*	Aysén	116.1	Declining
—	Quilleco ^*	Biobío	110.3	Stable
—	Lolol ^*	O'Higgins	106.8	Rising
—	Futaleufú ^*	Los Lagos	102.1	Rising
—	Panquehue ^*	Valparaíso	101.4	Rising
—	Pencahue ^*	Maule	92.7	Stable
—	Torres del Paine ^*	Magallanes	91.5	Declining
—	Pemuco ^*	Ñuble	81.7	Declining
—	Máfil ^*	Los Ríos	81.5	Rising
—	Porvenir ^*	Magallanes	78.0	Declining
—	Curepto ^*	Maule	77.2	Rising
—	Quilaco ^*	Biobío	71.8	Rising
—	Litueche ^*	O'Higgins	71.5	Declining
—	Pelarco ^*	Maule	63.3	Stable
—	Toltén ^*	La Araucanía	60.6	Declining
—	Palena ^*	Los Lagos	54.8	Declining
—	Queilén ^*	Los Lagos	54.2	Declining
—	Chanco ^*	Maule	54.2	Declining
—	Cabo de Hornos ^*	Magallanes	50.9	Rising
—	Melipeuco ^*	La Araucanía	47.4	Declining
—	Contulmo ^*	Biobío	47.2	Declining
—	Navidad ^*	O'Higgins	41.7	Declining
—	Los Sauces ^*	La Araucanía	40.2	Stable
—	Corral ^*	Los Ríos	36.9	Rising
—	Treguaco ^*	Ñuble	34.6	Rising
—	La Estrella ^*	O'Higgins	32.3	Stable
—	Ránquil ^*	Ñuble	31.8	Stable
—	Lumaco ^*	La Araucanía	30.3	Rising
—	Curarrehue ^*	La Araucanía	25.4	Stable
—	Alhué ^*	Metropolitana	25.1	Stable
—	Coinco ^*	O'Higgins	24.8	Declining
—	Curaco de Vélez ^*	Los Lagos	24.1	Stable
—	Puqueldón ^*	Los Lagos	23.9	Rising
—	Antuco ^*	Biobío	23.1	Stable
—	Quemchi ^*	Los Lagos	22.9	Stable
—	Portezuelo ^*	Ñuble	20.6	Rising
—	Cobquecura ^*	Ñuble	19.2	Rising
—	Ninhue ^*	Ñuble	18.7	Rising
—	San Juan de la Costa ^*	Los Lagos	13.6	Rising
—	Quinchao ^*	Los Lagos	12.3	Declining
—	Placilla ^*	O'Higgins	10.7	Rising
—	Cochamó ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Rising
—	Puerto Octay ^*	Los Lagos	0.0	Declining
—	Lago Verde ^*	Aysén	0.0	Declining
—	Cochrane ^*	Aysén	0.0	Declining
—	OHiggins ^*	Aysén	0.0	Rising
—	Tortel ^*	Aysén	0.0	Stable
—	Laguna Blanca ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Declining
—	Río Verde ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Declining
—	Antártica ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Stable
—	Primavera ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Rising
—	Camiña ^*	Tarapacá	0.0	Stable
—	General Lagos ^*	Arica y Parinacota	0.0	Rising
—	Empedrado ^*	Maule	0.0	Declining
—	Alto Biobío ^*	Biobío	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 drug crimes rate per 100,000 inhabitants (2025)

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

Tarapacá 233

Arica y Parinacota 179

Atacama 163

Antofagasta 160

Coquimbo 141

Aysén 141

La Araucanía 119

Biobío 114

Valparaíso 114

Magallanes 109

O'Higgins 102

Los Ríos 92

Maule 84

Los Lagos 81

Ñuble 75

Metropolitana 71

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