Communes with the Highest Reported Weapons Offences Incidence in Chile

Reported weapons offence incidence per 100,000 inhabitants by commune. Includes illegal possession and trafficking of firearms. Figures represent police reports (denuncias), not convictions. Source: CEAD — Ministry of Interior and Public Security, official police statistics.

National mean: 170.4 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 weapons offences 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	Mulchén	Biobío	809.5	Rising
#2	Retiro	Maule	783.0	Declining
#3	Yumbel	Biobío	742.7	Rising
#4	Traiguén	La Araucanía	701.3	Rising
#5	Parral	Maule	672.3	Stable
#6	San Javier	Maule	623.7	Rising
#7	Hualañé	Maule	508.9	Rising
#8	Los Lagos	Los Ríos	463.1	Rising
#9	Romeral	Maule	461.7	Rising
#10	Limache	Valparaíso	451.1	Rising
#11	San Rafael	Maule	447.5	Stable
#12	Pucón	La Araucanía	430.4	Declining
#13	Mariquina	Los Ríos	426.1	Stable
#14	Lanco	Los Ríos	391.4	Rising
#15	Victoria	La Araucanía	390.9	Rising
#16	Nacimiento	Biobío	388.7	Rising
#17	San Clemente	Maule	386.3	Stable
#18	Sagrada Familia	Maule	383.6	Stable
#19	Villa Alegre	Maule	380.0	Stable
#20	Panguipulli	Los Ríos	372.4	Stable
#21	Santa Bárbara	Biobío	367.7	Rising
#22	Collipulli	La Araucanía	364.1	Rising
#23	Cartagena	Valparaíso	353.0	Rising
#24	Nogales	Valparaíso	338.1	Declining
#25	Curacautín	La Araucanía	335.0	Rising
#26	La Cruz	Valparaíso	333.3	Rising
#27	Olmué	Valparaíso	327.1	Rising
#28	Hijuelas	Valparaíso	317.3	Stable
#29	La Calera	Valparaíso	317.0	Rising
#30	San Joaquín	Metropolitana	307.4	Rising
#31	Cholchol	La Araucanía	306.9	Rising
#32	Lo Espejo	Metropolitana	296.7	Rising
#33	Yungay	Ñuble	296.6	Stable
#34	Rauco	Maule	294.8	Rising
#35	Villarrica	La Araucanía	290.1	Stable
#36	Constitución	Maule	288.1	Declining
#37	Tirúa	Biobío	278.8	Rising
#38	Nueva Imperial	La Araucanía	274.7	Stable
#39	Cañete	Biobío	269.1	Rising
#40	Arica	Arica y Parinacota	268.7	Declining
#41	Vallenar	Atacama	266.7	Declining
#42	Quillota	Valparaíso	266.4	Rising
#43	Lo Prado	Metropolitana	265.7	Stable
#44	Angol	La Araucanía	263.5	Rising
#45	Puyehue	Los Lagos	262.2	Stable
#46	Cabrero	Biobío	259.8	Stable
#47	Quinta Normal	Metropolitana	254.4	Stable
#48	Los Muermos	Los Lagos	246.7	Rising
#49	San Ramón	Metropolitana	246.0	Rising
#50	Melipilla	Metropolitana	243.9	Rising
#51	La Serena	Coquimbo	237.5	Stable
#52	San Miguel	Metropolitana	225.8	Rising
#53	Molina	Maule	224.2	Stable
#54	Lautaro	La Araucanía	223.1	Stable
#55	Algarrobo	Valparaíso	220.9	Stable
#56	El Quisco	Valparaíso	220.2	Stable
#57	Puerto Montt	Los Lagos	217.6	Stable
#58	La Cisterna	Metropolitana	216.0	Rising
#59	La Pintana	Metropolitana	215.0	Rising
#60	Tomé	Biobío	211.1	Stable
#61	Coyhaique	Aysén	210.6	Rising
#62	Paillaco	Los Ríos	209.9	Rising
#63	Providencia	Metropolitana	207.1	Stable
#64	Cabildo	Valparaíso	202.3	Rising
#65	San Pablo	Los Lagos	199.6	Rising
#66	Lonquimay	La Araucanía	197.9	Rising
#67	Lota	Biobío	196.3	Stable
#68	La Granja	Metropolitana	194.3	Rising
#69	Pirque	Metropolitana	190.4	Declining
#70	San José de Maipo	Metropolitana	187.8	Declining
#71	Los Álamos	Biobío	186.6	Declining
#72	Pedro Aguirre Cerda	Metropolitana	184.7	Rising
#73	Llaillay	Valparaíso	182.2	Rising
#74	Renaico	La Araucanía	181.2	Stable
#75	Diego de Almagro	Atacama	181.1	Declining
#76	Peralillo	O'Higgins	179.6	Declining
#77	Arauco	Biobío	179.6	Declining
#78	Quintero	Valparaíso	178.7	Declining
#79	Temuco	La Araucanía	178.1	Rising
#80	Recoleta	Metropolitana	176.9	Rising
#81	Tocopilla	Antofagasta	176.2	Rising
#82	Pichilemu	O'Higgins	173.5	Declining
#83	Combarbalá	Coquimbo	173.4	Stable
#84	Iquique	Tarapacá	172.8	Declining
#85	El Bosque	Metropolitana	171.4	Rising
#86	Cauquenes	Maule	170.8	Stable
#87	Los Andes	Valparaíso	169.3	Declining
#88	Antofagasta	Antofagasta	169.0	Declining
#89	Andacollo	Coquimbo	168.9	Stable
#90	Laja	Biobío	167.2	Rising
#91	Mostazal	O'Higgins	166.6	Declining
#92	San Fernando	O'Higgins	165.3	Stable
#93	Quellón	Los Lagos	164.9	Declining
#94	Maullín	Los Lagos	163.3	Rising
#95	Talagante	Metropolitana	163.3	Declining
#96	Concepción	Biobío	161.2	Declining
#97	Huechuraba	Metropolitana	160.7	Rising
#98	Carahue	La Araucanía	160.7	Rising
#99	San Antonio	Valparaíso	159.6	Declining
#100	Talcahuano	Biobío	159.4	Rising
#101	Valdivia	Los Ríos	159.3	Rising
#102	La Unión	Los Ríos	158.5	Declining
#103	María Pinto	Metropolitana	157.8	Stable
#104	Cerro Navia	Metropolitana	155.0	Rising
#105	Santiago	Metropolitana	153.9	Stable
#106	Vicuña	Coquimbo	153.1	Rising
#107	Nancagua	O'Higgins	151.1	Stable
#108	Coihueco	Ñuble	150.6	Stable
#109	Ovalle	Coquimbo	150.3	Declining
#110	Penco	Biobío	149.3	Declining
#111	Conchalí	Metropolitana	146.7	Stable
#112	Macul	Metropolitana	143.9	Rising
#113	Calama	Antofagasta	143.8	Declining
#114	Río Negro	Los Lagos	142.5	Rising
#115	Río Bueno	Los Ríos	142.4	Rising
#116	Pitrufquén	La Araucanía	142.2	Rising
#117	Copiapó	Atacama	141.9	Declining
#118	Tiltil	Metropolitana	141.0	Stable
#119	Caldera	Atacama	139.6	Declining
#120	Curanilahue	Biobío	138.5	Rising
#121	Santa Cruz	O'Higgins	135.2	Stable
#122	Santa Juana	Biobío	134.2	Declining
#123	Curacaví	Metropolitana	134.0	Declining
#124	Teno	Maule	133.8	Declining
#125	Hualpén	Biobío	131.4	Stable
#126	Vitacura	Metropolitana	131.4	Declining
#127	Castro	Los Lagos	130.7	Declining
#128	Chépica	O'Higgins	129.7	Declining
#129	La Reina	Metropolitana	128.6	Stable
#130	Buin	Metropolitana	127.6	Declining
#131	Renca	Metropolitana	126.2	Rising
#132	Freire	La Araucanía	125.6	Rising
#133	Santo Domingo	Valparaíso	125.4	Stable
#134	La Ligua	Valparaíso	124.6	Rising
#135	Ancud	Los Lagos	124.6	Stable
#136	Frutillar	Los Lagos	124.1	Declining
#137	Illapel	Coquimbo	124.1	Rising
#138	Estación Central	Metropolitana	123.7	Rising
#139	Curicó	Maule	123.4	Declining
#140	Aysén	Aysén	122.8	Rising
#141	Codegua	O'Higgins	122.1	Rising
#142	Cunco	La Araucanía	121.8	Stable
#143	Loncoche	La Araucanía	121.1	Declining
#144	Peñaflor	Metropolitana	120.2	Rising
#145	Huasco	Atacama	120.2	Declining
#146	Maule	Maule	119.7	Declining
#147	Graneros	O'Higgins	119.3	Stable
#148	Punitaqui	Coquimbo	119.2	Stable
#149	Independencia	Metropolitana	119.1	Stable
#150	Talca	Maule	117.4	Stable
#151	Coquimbo	Coquimbo	116.4	Rising
#152	Llanquihue	Los Lagos	116.3	Rising
#153	Rengo	O'Higgins	116.3	Declining
#154	Pozo Almonte	Tarapacá	116.0	Declining
#155	Rancagua	O'Higgins	114.7	Declining
#156	Teodoro Schmidt	La Araucanía	114.4	Rising
#157	Bulnes	Ñuble	114.2	Declining
#158	Negrete	Biobío	113.2	Declining
#159	Doñihue	O'Higgins	113.1	Rising
#160	Ñiquén	Ñuble	112.9	Declining
#161	San Pedro de la Paz	Biobío	110.9	Declining
#162	Saavedra	La Araucanía	110.8	Stable
#163	San Felipe	Valparaíso	110.7	Stable
#164	Dalcahue	Los Lagos	109.4	Rising
#165	Purén	La Araucanía	107.7	Rising
#166	Calera de Tango	Metropolitana	107.6	Stable
#167	Valparaíso	Valparaíso	106.9	Stable
#168	Chimbarongo	O'Higgins	106.2	Declining
#169	Pinto	Ñuble	106.1	Rising
#170	Padre Las Casas	La Araucanía	105.7	Stable
#171	Mejillones	Antofagasta	105.7	Stable
#172	Río Claro	Maule	105.2	Declining
#173	Purranque	Los Lagos	105.1	Stable
#174	Pudahuel	Metropolitana	104.6	Stable
#175	Fresia	Los Lagos	103.6	Declining
#176	Calbuco	Los Lagos	103.1	Stable
#177	Lebu	Biobío	103.1	Declining
#178	Cerrillos	Metropolitana	103.0	Rising
#179	San Bernardo	Metropolitana	101.2	Stable
#180	Coelemu	Ñuble	100.6	Declining
#181	Viña del Mar	Valparaíso	99.9	Stable
#182	Quilpué	Valparaíso	99.4	Rising
#183	Osorno	Los Lagos	98.9	Rising
#184	El Monte	Metropolitana	98.3	Declining
#185	Los Ángeles	Biobío	97.9	Declining
#186	El Tabo	Valparaíso	97.6	Rising
#187	Chillán Viejo	Ñuble	97.3	Declining
#188	Puerto Varas	Los Lagos	96.2	Stable
#189	Vilcún	La Araucanía	96.2	Declining
#190	Puente Alto	Metropolitana	95.7	Stable
#191	San Nicolás	Ñuble	95.6	Rising
#192	Concón	Valparaíso	94.4	Rising
#193	Gorbea	La Araucanía	93.0	Stable
#194	Peñalolén	Metropolitana	91.6	Stable
#195	Lampa	Metropolitana	91.4	Declining
#196	El Carmen	Ñuble	90.5	Rising
#197	Rinconada	Valparaíso	90.1	Declining
#198	Lo Barnechea	Metropolitana	90.0	Rising
#199	Palmilla	O'Higgins	87.8	Stable
#200	Ñuñoa	Metropolitana	87.6	Stable
#201	Alto Hospicio	Tarapacá	86.8	Declining
#202	Los Vilos	Coquimbo	85.2	Stable
#203	San Ignacio	Ñuble	84.4	Stable
#204	Puchuncaví	Valparaíso	83.8	Declining
#205	Colina	Metropolitana	82.1	Stable
#206	Hualqui	Biobío	81.9	Declining
#207	Monte Patria	Coquimbo	79.6	Rising
#208	Coronel	Biobío	78.7	Declining
#209	Las Cabras	O'Higgins	78.7	Stable
#210	San Carlos	Ñuble	76.9	Declining
#211	Quilicura	Metropolitana	76.5	Stable
#212	Petorca	Valparaíso	75.2	Rising
#213	Salamanca	Coquimbo	73.1	Declining
#214	Maipú	Metropolitana	73.1	Stable
#215	Machalí	O'Higgins	72.9	Declining
#216	Olivar	O'Higgins	72.9	Stable
#217	Futrono	Los Ríos	72.5	Rising
#218	Quillón	Ñuble	72.1	Stable
#219	Casablanca	Valparaíso	71.3	Declining
#220	Chañaral	Atacama	69.4	Declining
#221	Requínoa	O'Higgins	68.7	Declining
#222	Linares	Maule	67.9	Declining
#223	La Florida	Metropolitana	67.2	Stable
#224	Coltauco	O'Higgins	67.1	Stable
#225	Santa María	Valparaíso	64.3	Stable
#226	Chiguayante	Biobío	64.1	Stable
#227	San Esteban	Valparaíso	63.6	Declining
#228	Chillán	Ñuble	61.4	Declining
#229	Isla de Maipo	Metropolitana	60.6	Declining
#230	Paine	Metropolitana	60.3	Rising
#231	Yerbas Buenas	Maule	60.2	Rising
#232	Peumo	O'Higgins	59.8	Rising
#233	Florida	Biobío	58.9	Stable
#234	Padre Hurtado	Metropolitana	58.6	Stable
#235	Quirihue	Ñuble	57.2	Declining
#236	Galvarino	La Araucanía	55.8	Stable
#237	San Pedro	Metropolitana	55.3	Declining
#238	Pichidegua	O'Higgins	52.1	Stable
#239	San Vicente	O'Higgins	51.3	Stable
#240	Las Condes	Metropolitana	49.4	Stable
#241	Tierra Amarilla	Atacama	48.5	Declining
#242	San Pedro de Atacama	Antofagasta	45.0	Stable
#243	Chonchi	Los Lagos	42.9	Declining
#244	Taltal	Antofagasta	42.9	Rising
#245	Villa Alemana	Valparaíso	42.9	Stable
#246	Malloa	O'Higgins	41.9	Declining
#247	Quinta de Tilcoco	O'Higgins	41.7	Declining
#248	Longaví	Maule	41.3	Stable
#249	Calle Larga	Valparaíso	39.0	Declining
#250	Putaendo	Valparaíso	38.7	Declining
#251	Catemu	Valparaíso	37.9	Stable
#252	Punta Arenas	Magallanes	37.6	Rising
#253	Colbún	Maule	33.8	Rising
#254	Tucapel	Biobío	32.3	Declining
#255	Lago Ranco	Los Ríos	29.2	Rising
#256	Natales	Magallanes	24.2	Stable
—	Ollagüe ^*	Antofagasta	1,132.1	Rising
—	Máfil ^*	Los Ríos	787.4	Rising
—	Ercilla ^*	La Araucanía	765.0	Rising
—	Colchane ^*	Tarapacá	711.5	Declining
—	Vichuquén ^*	Maule	675.4	Rising
—	Licantén ^*	Maule	544.4	Rising
—	Pelarco ^*	Maule	495.7	Stable
—	San Rosendo ^*	Biobío	480.4	Rising
—	Pencahue ^*	Maule	452.1	Stable
—	Timaukel ^*	Magallanes	365.0	Declining
—	San Gregorio ^*	Magallanes	310.6	Rising
—	La Estrella ^*	O'Higgins	291.1	Stable
—	Empedrado ^*	Maule	264.1	Declining
—	Ninhue ^*	Ñuble	262.3	Rising
—	Papudo ^*	Valparaíso	261.9	Rising
—	Río Ibáñez ^*	Aysén	257.9	Declining
—	Antuco ^*	Biobío	254.2	Stable
—	Curepto ^*	Maule	253.8	Rising
—	Curarrehue ^*	La Araucanía	228.3	Stable
—	Huara ^*	Tarapacá	225.0	Declining
—	Chile Chico ^*	Aysén	212.8	Declining
—	Futaleufú ^*	Los Lagos	204.2	Rising
—	Lumaco ^*	La Araucanía	192.2	Rising
—	Ránquil ^*	Ñuble	190.7	Stable
—	Porvenir ^*	Magallanes	181.9	Declining
—	Perquenco ^*	La Araucanía	178.7	Declining
—	Lolol ^*	O'Higgins	173.6	Rising
—	Tortel ^*	Aysén	170.6	Stable
—	Quilaco ^*	Biobío	167.5	Rising
—	San Fabián ^*	Ñuble	165.9	Stable
—	Los Sauces ^*	La Araucanía	160.9	Stable
—	Cochrane ^*	Aysén	160.0	Declining
—	Putre ^*	Arica y Parinacota	155.2	Stable
—	Pemuco ^*	Ñuble	151.8	Declining
—	Primavera ^*	Magallanes	149.5	Rising
—	Contulmo ^*	Biobío	141.5	Declining
—	Freirina ^*	Atacama	139.9	Declining
—	Treguaco ^*	Ñuble	138.4	Rising
—	Litueche ^*	O'Higgins	128.8	Declining
—	Panquehue ^*	Valparaíso	126.8	Rising
—	General Lagos ^*	Arica y Parinacota	125.5	Rising
—	Toltén ^*	La Araucanía	121.1	Declining
—	Pumanque ^*	O'Higgins	114.0	Declining
—	Corral ^*	Los Ríos	110.8	Rising
—	Sierra Gorda ^*	Antofagasta	110.7	Stable
—	Marchigüe ^*	O'Higgins	103.5	Stable
—	Chanco ^*	Maule	97.5	Declining
—	Placilla ^*	O'Higgins	96.7	Rising
—	Juan Fernández ^*	Valparaíso	89.2	Declining
—	La Higuera ^*	Coquimbo	88.0	Rising
—	Coinco ^*	O'Higgins	86.8	Declining
—	Zapallar ^*	Valparaíso	82.8	Stable
—	San Juan de la Costa ^*	Los Lagos	81.3	Rising
—	Camarones ^*	Arica y Parinacota	80.1	Stable
—	Pica ^*	Tarapacá	78.8	Declining
—	Alhué ^*	Metropolitana	75.4	Stable
—	Quinchao ^*	Los Lagos	73.5	Declining
—	Camiña ^*	Tarapacá	72.9	Stable
—	Queilén ^*	Los Lagos	72.2	Declining
—	Puqueldón ^*	Los Lagos	71.7	Rising
—	Navidad ^*	O'Higgins	69.6	Declining
—	Quemchi ^*	Los Lagos	68.6	Stable
—	Isla de Pascua ^*	Valparaíso	66.7	Declining
—	Quilleco ^*	Biobío	60.2	Stable
—	Alto Biobío ^*	Biobío	58.7	Rising
—	Cobquecura ^*	Ñuble	57.6	Rising
—	Puerto Octay ^*	Los Lagos	55.4	Declining
—	Palena ^*	Los Lagos	54.8	Declining
—	Canela ^*	Coquimbo	52.7	Rising
—	Cochamó ^*	Los Lagos	50.9	Rising
—	Curaco de Vélez ^*	Los Lagos	48.2	Stable
—	Pelluhue ^*	Maule	46.9	Declining
—	Río Hurtado ^*	Coquimbo	46.6	Declining
—	Paiguano ^*	Coquimbo	42.4	Rising
—	Portezuelo ^*	Ñuble	41.2	Rising
—	Alto del Carmen ^*	Atacama	34.6	Stable
—	Cisnes ^*	Aysén	34.0	Stable
—	Melipeuco ^*	La Araucanía	31.6	Declining
—	Hualaihué ^*	Los Lagos	31.2	Stable
—	María Elena ^*	Antofagasta	31.1	Rising
—	Chaitén ^*	Los Lagos	19.6	Rising
—	Paredones ^*	O'Higgins	16.0	Rising
—	Lago Verde ^*	Aysén	0.0	Declining
—	Guaitecas ^*	Aysén	0.0	Declining
—	OHiggins ^*	Aysén	0.0	Rising
—	Laguna Blanca ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Declining
—	Río Verde ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Declining
—	Cabo de Hornos ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Rising
—	Antártica ^*	Magallanes	0.0	Stable
—	Torres del Paine ^*	Magallanes	0.0	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)

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

Maule 292

Arica y Parinacota 269

Los Ríos 242

La Araucanía 220

Biobío 210

Valparaíso 167

Aysén 167

Metropolitana 145

Los Lagos 142

Atacama 138

Coquimbo 135

Tarapacá 125

Antofagasta 114

Ñuble 108

O'Higgins 104

Magallanes 31

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