San Carlos de Bariloche

Argentina · Latin America & Caribbean

52Safety indexModerate

U.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

5/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

-41.13°, -71.31°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

San Carlos de Bariloche scores 52 out of 100 in our index, safer than only 18% of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is 5.3 per 100,000, more than three times the median for the cities we track, and it is reported for the wider municipality rather than the city. Recorded robbery is 958.5 per 100,000, again a municipality-wide figure, and police data counts only reported incidents, so the real level runs higher. All four governments we track, the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, hold Argentina at their lowest advisory level, with agreement across the board, and each names pickpocketing and scams as risks for visitors. A national survey found 47.6% of people feel safe walking alone at night, though that covers the whole country rather than Bariloche.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime11

Robbery & theft100

Travel advisory0

The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)

5.3/100k

Figure is for Bariloche, Río Negro (municipality), wider than San Carlos de Bariloche itself.

Primary source: SNIC — Sistema Nacional de Información Criminal (Ministerio de Seguridad, Argentina)

Where this sits on the scaleElevated

01·3·8·20·40 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 29% of tracked cities

5.3/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

958.5/100k

Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence — a share of robberies in Argentina go unreported (cifra negra). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.

Figure is for Bariloche, Río Negro (municipality), wider than San Carlos de Bariloche itself.

Primary source: SNIC — Sistema Nacional de Información Criminal (Ministerio de Seguridad, Argentina)

Where this sits on the scaleExtreme

040·120·250·400·600 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 2% of tracked cities

958.5/100k

0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Argentina Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Argentina Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Argentina travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Argentina travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.

Feel safe walking alone at night

National survey

47.6%feel safe

47.6% of people surveyed · Argentina · 2016

Survey figure is for Argentina (country), wider than San Carlos de Bariloche itself.

From a 2016 survey — older than 7 years; perceptions may have shifted.

Primary source: UN SDG 16.1.4 — feel safe walking alone at night (UNODC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.

Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories

3 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Argentina travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories

3 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Argentina travel advice (Safety and security)