Department · Guatemala
Quetzaltenango
Department of Guatemala. Official statistics compared with the whole country, and REAL NOW market prices.
Crime victims 2025
1,578
vs 2024 +27.6% #9 of 22
Share of national victims
3.28%
2025
Detentions 2025
2,320
National Civil Police
Median sale price per m²
US$921
apartments and houses
Official statistics
Crime, detentions and domestic violence
Counts recorded by the National Civil Police and published by INE Guatemala. No population is loaded by municipality, so these are counts and shares, not rates.
| QuetzaltenangoDepartment | GuatemalaCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Crime victims 2025 | 1,578 | 48,054 |
| Crime victims 2024 | 1,237 | 46,876 |
| Change | +27.6% | +2.5% |
| Share of national victims | 3.28% | — |
| Detentions 2025 | 2,320 | 44,941 |
| Domestic violence 2025 | — | — |
Source: INE Guatemala, with National Civil Police records
Market
Prices, rent and yield
Medians over the aggregated public offer seen in the last 30 days. List prices, not closed sales.
For sale
| QuetzaltenangoDepartment | GuatemalaCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Median per m², homes | US$921 | US$1,820 |
| Apartments, per m² | — | US$2,222 |
| Houses, per m² | US$906 | US$1,207 |
Source: REAL NOW, aggregated public offer (list prices)
For rent
| QuetzaltenangoDepartment | GuatemalaCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Median monthly rent | — | US$1,150 |
| Gross rental yield | — | 6.32% |
Source: REAL NOW rent benchmarks, aggregated public offer
Municipalities
Municipalities of Quetzaltenango
24 regions. Open one for its full profile.
| Municipality | Crime victims 2025 | Change | Sale, US$/m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almolonga | 21 | +162.5% | PRO |
| Cabricán | 24 | +41.2% | PRO |
| Cajolá | 8 | +60.0% | PRO |
| Cantel | 51 | +50.0% | PRO |
| Coatepeque | 439 | +23.0% | PRO |
| Colomba | 129 | +21.7% | PRO |
| Concepción Chiquirichapa | 13 | +333.3% | PRO |
| El Palmar | 54 | +20.0% | PRO |
| Flores Costa Cuca | 30 | 0.0% | PRO |
| Génova | 52 | +40.5% | PRO |
| Huitán | 5 | 0.0% | PRO |
| La Esperanza | 49 | +28.9% | PRO |
| Olintepeque | 26 | +13.0% | PRO |
| Ostuncalco | 56 | +36.6% | PRO |
| Palestina de Los Altos | 28 | +115.4% | PRO |
| Quetzaltenango | 473 | +24.1% | PRO |
| Salcajá | 37 | +117.6% | PRO |
| San Carlos Sija | 20 | -13.0% | PRO |
| San Francisco La Unión | 1 | -75.0% | PRO |
| San Martín Sacatepéquez | 12 | -20.0% | PRO |
| San Mateo | 19 | +11.8% | PRO |
| San Miguel Sigüila | 9 | +200.0% | PRO |
| Sibilia | 17 | +142.9% | PRO |
| Zunil | 5 | -37.5% | PRO |
Methodology
Sources and methodology
Official statistics
- Crime: INE Guatemala, victims of crimes recorded by the National Civil Police, detentions and domestic-violence reports, by municipality, for 2025 (latest published year) and 2024.
- No population by municipality is loaded yet, so crime is shown as counts and as a share of the national total, not as a rate.
REAL NOW market metrics
- Sale: median asking price per m² of apartments and houses for sale seen in the last 30 days in the aggregated public offer, with the same outlier bounds as Analytics. List prices, not closed sales.
- Confidence: solid = 30 or more listings, preliminary = 15 to 29; below 15 nothing is published.
- Rent and gross yield: REAL NOW rent benchmarks, median monthly rent of homes; gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ sale price of the same cell, published only between 3 and 12 percent. Available by province or department and by municipality or canton.
Sources: INE Guatemala (National Civil Police records) · REAL NOW aggregated public offer.