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Vélez Sarsfield
Small, residential and practical, quieter than Flores and Floresta next door.
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Vélez Sarsfield at a glance
Vélez Sarsfield is a small grid of houses and low buildings with the shops on the avenues — a place people live in without talking about it. It covers 2.41 km² in the city's west, Comuna 10, with 34,811 residents at the 2022 census — about 14,400 people per km², about the median barrio's density (14,700).
People seeking value and calm with access to west-side commerce.
Few destination amenities; it is a residential base more than a lifestyle brand.
Anchors
The places that define Vélez Sarsfield · our read- PlazaPlaza Vélez Sarsfield
The barrio's plaza by Juan B. Justo; the one gathering point.
- StreetAvenida Segurola
The shops and the buses; the barrio's edge with a pulse.
- StreetAvenida Juan B. Justo
The Metrobús to the center along the northern edge; the commute, and the noise.
- Stadium · over the line in LiniersEstadio José Amalfitani
Vélez's stadium, on the barrio line; concerts as well as football, so the crowds are regular.
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Fit scores
12 marks · 1 low · 10 highquiet
English & expats and schools
Fair
median barrio
The overall read is an even weighting of the 12 marks we have for this barrio — a starting point, not a verdict. Of our six lenses it ranks highest under “On a budget”. Cost value stands on the asking sale price per m², as no rent is quoted here. The tick is the median of the 48 barrios. Eight marks are computed from public data and four are our read; what goes into each is on how we score.
What it costs
average asking prices · Q2 2026To buy: about US$1,638 per m² for a used two-bedroom (−24% vs the city). Budget separately for expensas (building fees) and utilities. These used-apartment benchmarks are not furnished short-stay quotes or offers. Figures are averages of what landlords ask — IDECBA (city statistics office), from Argenprop listings; 2nd quarter 2026, provisional — converted at the Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA, Argentina’s central bank) retail seller rate, Q2 2026 average.
Reported robbery & theft
reported crimes · 202526 reported robberies and thefts per 1,000 residents — below the city rate of 32.2.
365 robberies (with violence or threat) and 539 thefts were reported in Vélez Sarsfield in 2025, against 34,811 residents in private dwellings at the 2022 census. Reporting rates, visitors, population changes since the census and differences between blocks limit the comparison. These counts do not measure all crime or predict personal safety. Source: the city's open crime map — method and sources.
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