City Travel Stats

Mendoza

Argentina · Latin America & Caribbean

51Safety indexModerate
1US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
-32.89°, -68.85°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Mendoza scores 51 out of 100, safer than only 16% of the cities we rank.

The recorded robbery figure stands out: 3,097.8 per 100,000, though it comes with real caveats. It covers the wider municipality, the population denominator is uncertain, and police data undercounts, so the rate is imprecise even as it points to a serious level. Homicide is 5.5 per 100,000, about 3.4 times the median for the cities we track, and also a municipal figure. All four governments we track, the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, hold Argentina at their lowest advisory level, with no disagreement, though their advisories still flag pickpocketing and scams for visitors. On perception, 47.6% of people said they feel safe walking alone at night, a national result rather than one for Mendoza.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
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)
5.5/100k
Figure is for Capital, Mendoza (municipality), wider than Mendoza 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
5.5/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
3097.8/100k
Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence — a share of robberies in Argentina go unreported (cifra negra). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Departamento Capital de Mendoza has a small resident population but a large daytime/commercial population, which inflates the per-resident robbery rate relative to peer cities.
Figure is for Capital, Mendoza (municipality), wider than Mendoza 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 0% of tracked cities
3097.8/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department
1US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

Global Affairs Canada
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

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

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Argentina travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
1AU flagSmartraveller (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 Mendoza 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)