List of Mexican states by homicides

This is a list of Mexican states by their respective homicide data.

Methodology

The National Institute of Statistic and Geography released information of homicides for the 32 federal states of Mexico. In the year 2011 there were 27,199 homicides in Mexico. The state of Chihuahua ranked number one with the most homicides in the country, the least was Baja California Sur. For Mexico there were 24 homicides for every 100,000 inhabitants.

2011 INEGI records

Mexican States by Homicides - 2011[1]
Rank	State	Homicides (2011)	Homicides (2010)	Change
-	Mexico	27,199	25,757	5.6%
1	Chihuahua	4,502	6,407	29.7%
2	State of Mexico	2,613	2,111	23.8%
3	Guerrero	2,425	1,555	55.9%
4	Nuevo León	2,177	951	128.9%
5	Sinaloa	1,988	2,423	18.0%
6	Jalisco	1,524	1,072	42.2%
7	Mexico City	1,101	1,077	2.2%
8	Tamaulipas	1,075	935	15.0%
9	Durango	1,066	1,109	3.9%
10	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	1,005	461	118.0%
11	Michoacán de Ocampo	852	723	17.8%
12	Baja California	810	1,528	47.0%
13	Coahuila de Zaragoza	729	449	62.4%
14	Oaxaca	682	733	7.0%
15	Guanajuato	619	445	39.1%
16	Nayarit	587	539	8.9%
17	Sonora	542	738	26.6%
18	Morelos	454	493	7.9%
19	Puebla	436	376	16.0%
20	San Luis Potosí	362	366	1.1%
21	Zacatecas	290	143	102.8%
22	Tabasco	225	193	16.6%
23	Hidalgo	209	112	86.6%
24	Chiapas	185	199	7.0%
25	Quintana Roo	163	145	12.4%
26	Colima	162	131	23.7%
27	Querétaro de Arteaga	107	74	44.6%
28	Tlaxcala	88	57	54.4%
29	Aguascalientes	80	75	6.7%
30	Yucatán	53	34	55.9%
31	Campeche	46	48	4.2%
32	Baja California Sur	42	55	23.6%

Homicide rates by year

Intentional homicide rate (per 100,000)

< 1   1–5

5–10   10–21.1

> 21.1

Mexico	Sources	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Colima	[2][3][4][5]	5.12	4.86	5.23	8.06	14.11	24.54	41.87	25.49	13.92	23.08	71.22	96.61	80.90	86.68	71.08
Baja California	[2][3][4][5]	16.22	16.80	27.47	23.67	27.41	20.55	17.73	22.92	20.80	23.82	33.38	58.36	76.18	70.61	70.15
Chihuahua	[2][3][4][5]	17.85	18.27	59.16	90.56	110.71	86.68	55.49	39.69	29.56	25.47	32.89	41.72	47.22	56.85	60.26
Guanajuato	[2][3][4][5]	4.54	4.26	4.73	7.52	7.86	10.76	13.60	11.21	12.29	15.11	16.39	18.55	44.60	47.44	57.40
Zacatecas	[2][3][4][5]	3.45	4.52	5.01	5.09	7.29	7.81	12.69	10.77	7.29	14.91	28.96	35.12	35.94	32.79	50.82
Michoacán	[2][3][4][5]	15.52	12.28	13.04	16.61	14.95	17.34	16.80	19.91	19.81	16.90	27.81	27.41	29.44	36.37	43.65
Sonora	[2][3][4][5]	9.36	11.91	14.93	18.59	23.98	17.06	17.83	20.17	19.64	17.46	19.81	23.01	23.96	34.16	42.70
Morelos	[2][3][4][5]	9.33	6.54	7.70	17.81	31.00	30.43	46.57	31.85	21.92	25.78	31.70	30.63	35.37	46.49	40.91
Guerrero	[2][3][4][5]	25.17	23.88	28.13	41.90	43.55	62.13	66.01	59.22	42.69	56.50	61.67	64.26	62.45	44.45	34.23
Quintana Roo	[2][3][4][5]	10.13	14.45	15.21	13.55	17.32	19.28	17.36	14.41	11.24	14.48	10.19	21.57	42.58	38.22	32.49
Sinaloa	[2][3][4][5]	22.12	26.91	41.48	44.35	60.11	50.72	40.99	33.45	28.59	28.65	31.93	43.89	31.53	26.91	22.87
San Luis Potosí	[2][3][4][5]	5.24	6.06	8.53	6.10	15.94	15.18	14.80	9.66	8.39	8.75	11.02	16.74	16.46	16.28	22.30
Jalisco	[2][3][4][5]	6.07	5.48	6.40	7.77	11.93	16.20	15.49	14.19	11.57	12.85	14.37	16.88	24.24	25.03	21.78
Tabasco	[2][3][4][5]	7.73	8.88	6.72	5.25	6.35	7.10	5.37	6.00	7.12	9.77	11.46	15.96	18.99	22.60	20.34
Oaxaca	[2][3][4][5]	28.69	25.12	19.27	19.59	17.22	16.43	12.01	13.54	16.06	18.74	21.55	22.63	24.01	24.67	19.49
Nuevo León	[2][3][4][5]	4.08	6.31	5.76	5.75	17.53	41.75	29.97	14.55	9.77	8.87	12.49	12.54	13.85	16.50	15.68
Tamaulipas	[2][3][4][5]	11.06	8.32	9.51	8.75	21.62	25.32	29.72	16.06	17.93	15.04	16.60	22.22	23.26	18.09	15.56
Veracruz	[2][3][4][5]	5.82	6.37	6.30	4.54	7.56	11.42	12.32	10.89	6.10	7.02	15.52	20.10	16.71	16.48	14.83
Puebla	[2][3][4][5]	7.42	7.10	7.50	7.14	7.08	10.43	9.63	6.74	5.51	8.06	9.43	14.56	17.24	17.29	13.66
State of Mexico	[2][3][4][5]	19.08	7.63	8.38	8.78	7.40	9.54	13.22	11.81	12.00	12.27	11.99	11.75	13.18	14.22	13.65
Mexico City	[2][3][4][5]	7.23	7.96	7.95	8.34	9.07	8.72	8.74	8.42	8.44	9.64	10.78	12.31	14.12	16.13	13.07
Nayarit	[2][3][4][5]	9.45	10.43	13.89	13.66	33.10	40.28	21.12	12.81	9.16	6.78	3.13	20.10	25.44	12.99	12.34
Hidalgo	[2][3][4][5]	3.99	5.73	5.34	5.17	4.98	4.07	3.00	4.38	4.96	4.97	5.18	6.79	6.84	9.67	9.96
Querétaro	[2][3][4][5]	3.03	3.26	3.26	4.96	3.19	5.21	5.75	5.71	5.22	6.93	5.85	8.53	8.31	8.41	8.66
Tlaxcala	[2][3][4][5]	16.80	N/A	3.65	4.11	4.05	5.89	4.82	5.63	4.84	4.62	5.94	9.29	9.14	11.13	8.24
Durango	[2][3][4][5]	12.93	15.57	26.41	56.36	61.32	45.20	36.15	27.54	18.03	13.49	13.35	12.50	10.07	8.39	7.97
Campeche	[2][3][4][5]	3.58	4.53	5.56	4.98	7.05	6.92	7.96	7.61	7.27	5.84	9.12	7.17	7.11	7.52	7.90
Chiapas	[2][3][4][5]	7.76	7.64	6.85	10.32	10.46	12.31	11.35	9.83	7.89	9.56	8.80	8.83	10.09	9.42	7.54
Baja California Sur	[2][3][4][5]	3.54	4.79	4.63	4.94	7.39	5.65	5.03	7.80	9.45	19.77	24.40	69.15	18.52	9.26	7.13
Coahuila	[2][3][4][5]	4.15	4.54	6.62	8.75	14.63	23.42	27.01	22.32	13.33	9.93	7.54	7.62	7.34	7.16	6.23
Aguascalientes	[2][3][4][5]	2.33	4.32	5.46	5.61	6.19	6.09	3.57	3.19	3.31	2.95	2.84	6.13	5.63	6.82	5.46
Yucatán	[2][3][4][5]	1.17	1.58	2.44	1.69	1.82	2.29	1.87	1.94	2.01	2.50	2.33	2.12	2.14	1.47	2.25

See also

• Crime in Mexico
• List of cities by murder rate
• Homicide in world cities
• List of Brazilian states by murder rate
• List of U.S. states by homicide rate
• List of federal subjects of Russia by murder rate
• List of countries by intentional homicide rate

Notes

References

1. INEGI, [1]
2. "Crime rates per 100,000 ihnabitants 1997–2017" (PDF) (in Spanish). Executive Secretariat of the National System for Public Security. 20 January 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
3. • "Mexico's Population Projections 2010–2050" (PDF) (in Spanish). Consejo Nacional de Población. Retrieved 28 March 2019. [reference population: 2020]
   • "Incidencia Delictiva del Fuero Común 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Secretariado Ejecutivo. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
4. • "Mexico's Population Projections 2010–2050" (PDF) (in Spanish). Consejo Nacional de Población. Retrieved 21 January 2020. [reference population: 2020]
   • "Incidencia Delictiva del Fuero Común 2019" (in Spanish). Secretariado Ejecutivo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
5. • "Mexico's Population Projections 2010–2050" (PDF) (in Spanish). Consejo Nacional de Población. Retrieved 21 January 2020. [reference population: 2020]
   • "Incidencia Delictiva del Fuero Común 2020" (in Spanish). Secretariado Ejecutivo. Retrieved 21 January 2021.