In January 2024, the most usual type of crime reported in Mexico was domestic violence. In that month, the cases of this type of violence amounted to around 20,814 cases. Regarding property crimes, the highest number of occurrences were vehicle thefts, with nearly 11,887 reported crimes.

Domestic violence Domestic violence stands out as the crime with the highest incidence and, paradoxically, one of the least attended to by the government. Public spending allocated to combat domestic violence has been dismally low, with a value only around 25 percent of the spending on the military. Adding to the concern, this budget has witnessed a consistent decrease each year since 2015. This decline in resources has had severe consequences, leading to a surge in domestic violence crimes, with many resulting in homicides. It's noteworthy that the majority of registered femicides occur within the confines of closed domestic spaces and are often committed by the partners of the victims. This paints a concerning picture of the challenges faced in addressing and preventing domestic violence.

Mexico and the most violent cities in the world
Mexico hosts seven of the most dangerous cities globally, with Celaya ranking as the number one in terms of murder rate, registering a staggering 109.39 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants and the most of these other cities are concentrated in the upper region of the country, highlighting the significant regional variations in safety and security. On the other hand, the capital, Mexico City, has experienced a decreasing trend in crime incidence, with a notable decrease from 2018 to 2022, nonetheless, the crime rate is still high. As a result, crime and insecurity have become the primary concern for nearly half of the country's population, underscoring the pressing need for addressing these issues.

Crime is one of the most pressing issues faced in Mexico. In 2024, there were nearly ***** victims of theft or robbery on the street or public transportation per 100,00 inhabitants. Fraud is the type of crime with the highest victimization rate in the Latin American country, with ******victims per 100,000 inhabitants.

Historical dataset showing Mexico crime rate per 100K population by year from 1990 to 2021.

Translated and Tidy dataset of official crime stats for the Country of Mexico.

Data Card for Mexican Crime Statistics Dataset

Title: Mexican Crime Statistics: Comprehensive Incident Dataset

Subtitle: An Extensive Compilation of Criminal Incidents in Mexico, Sourced from Official Government Data

Source: Official Mexican Government Website

Description: This dataset is a compilation of criminal incidents reported across Mexico. It includes detailed records of various criminal activities, offering insights into crime patterns and trends in different regions. The dataset is ideal for analysis in criminology, public policy, and data science.

• Dataset Description:

year: The year when the crime was reported. This is a numeric field representing the calendar year (e.g., 2015).

entity_code: A numeric code representing a specific entity (state or region) within Mexico. Each number corresponds to a unique entity.

entity: The name of the Mexican state or region where the crime occurred. This is a textual field (e.g., Aguascalientes).

affected_legal_good: A categorical field describing the broad category of the legal good (i.e., personal or societal interest) affected by the crime. Examples include 'Personal freedom' and 'Sexual freedom and security'.

type_of_crime: A categorical field indicating the general type of crime. This field is more specific than 'affected_legal_good' but less specific than 'subtype_of_crime'. Examples include 'Abduction', 'Sexual abuse', and 'Robbery'.

subtype_of_crime: A further categorization of the type of crime. This field provides more specific details within the general type of crime. Examples include 'Sexual Harassment', 'Simple Rape', and 'Home Burglary'.

modality: The specific nature or method of the crime. This field details how the crime was committed or any specific characteristic that differentiates it within its subtype. Examples include 'With violence', 'Without violence', 'Sexual Bullying'.

month: The month when the crime was reported. This is a textual field representing the month (e.g., January).

count: The number of reported incidents for the specific crime type, subtype, and modality in the given entity and month. This is a numeric field

• Dataset Composition:

Type of Data: Structured data, CSV format Number of Records: Shape (332416, 9) Date Range: 2015-2023 ( up to October) Nov - Dec not release yet

• Use Cases:

Intended Use: Research in criminology, public policy analysis, crime trend analysis Example Analyses: Crime rate trends over time, regional crime analysis, type of crime frequency analysis

• Data Collection Method:

Collection Process: Data aggregated from official crime reports and records maintained by the Mexican government Data Authenticity: Sourced from Gobierno de Mexico

• Data Quality:

Accuracy: Official - part of the Mexican Government's push for openness Completeness: Comprehensive coverage of reported incidents within the specified period Limitations: Possible underreporting or inconsistencies in crime reporting across regions. Nov 2023- Dec 2023 not release yet

• Maintenance Plan:

Update Frequency: Quarterly (or as new data becomes available)

In 2024, Mexico City was the federal entity with the most crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in Mexico. That year, ****** crimes were registered, above Queretaro and Puebla both with over *******crimes. Economically, the cost of crime in Mexico surpassed *** billion Mexican pesos.

Open crime incidence data in Mexico.

Description

Given the complexity of looking for information on some topics in Mexico that are not found in INEGI, I share the following dataset. The dataset was extracted from Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública.

Content

It depends but grouping all the columns: Year, state id, State, Town id, Town, Affected legal asset, Type of crime, Subtype of crime, Modality, January - December occurrences

Note

If you need a single csv with all the data, you can download the complete database from: https://www.gob.mx/sesnsp/acciones-y-programas/datos-abiertos-de-incidencia-delictiva

During May 2025, in Mexico State, the predominant crime reported was robbery, representing 26.4 percent of the total documented offenses. This was followed by robberies and injuries.

This dataset contains the registered crimes in Mexico from the January 2015 to May 2022. The data is presented in a .csv format. Perhaps, an issue with using the data is that it is in the Spanish language. Later on, I'll translate the data and upload it for a more universal usability among non-Spanish speakers. .csv file does contain some NaNvalues for the months which have not yet occured(e.g., present month 2022 +). The data is obtained from the government webpage Datos Abiertos de Incidencia Delictiva, I do not own any of the data, this are official figures given by the Mexican government.

This database adapts the Piccato, P., Hidalgo, S., & Lajous, A. (2008). Estadísticas del crimen en México: Series Históricas 1926—2008. for analysis in decades paired with Mexican National Statistics Institute Censuses (INEGI) by imputing the non-systematic absences of homicide rates with population growth rates. The database allows studying crime rates for homicide, rape, robbery, smuggling with socioeconomic data in Mexico through the second half of the XX Century.

In 2024, there were ****** crimes in Mexico City per 100,000 inhabitants. This represented an increase after two of the lowest values reported in 2021 and 2022. Furthermore, the number of crime victims per 100,000 inhabitants in Mexico City in 2023 made it the third federal entity with the highest victimization rate in Mexico that year.

Mexican cartels form a network of alliances and rivalries

Datasets and code to analyse the recruitment of organised crime groups in Mexico. The repository has four data sources and an R code to analyse the results of the model.

Description of the data and file structure

The dataset consists of four tables, stored in a csv format. They are: * BACRIM2020_Nodes.csv * BACRIM2020_Alliances.csv * BACRIM2020_Rivals.csv * Trends2012_2021.csv

The corresponding structure for each of the files is:

BACRIM2020_Nodes.csv - Node: a unique ID for each identified cartel in Mexico - Group: the name with which a cartel is frequently named - State: one of the states in which the cartel has been active. - ShortName: short version of the cartel name

BACRIM2020_Alliances.csv - Edge: unique identifier for the corresponding edge. - Node: the ID of one of the allied cartels - Group: name of the cartel - RNode: the ID of the second allied cartel - RGroup: name of the second allied cartel - weight: number of states in which the two cartels are allied

BACRIM2020_Rivals.csv - Edge: unique identifier for the corresponding edge. - Node: the ID of one of the fighting cartels - Group: name of the cartel - RNode: the ID of the second cartel - RGroup: name of the second cartel - weight: number of states in which the two cartels were fighting in 2020

Trends2012_2021.csv - YEAR: numeric between 2012 and 2021 - homicide: number of homicides by year - missings: number of missing people by year - arrests: number of incarcerated people by year

Sharing/Access information

Data was derived from the following sources: * CentroGeo, GeoInt and DataLab, part of Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. Data related to cartels in Mexico in 2020 was obtained from open sources, including national and local newspapers and narco blogs. The source of the data is here: https://ppdata.politicadedrogas.org/

Acknowlegement

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A total of over ************ crimes were committed in Mexico City in 2023. The most common type of crime was theft or robbery on the street or public transport, which accounted for around **** percent of the total number of crimes. In 2023, the crime incidence rate in the country's capital was around ****** crimes per 100,000 inhabitants.

On average, 26 people were murdered every 100,000 inhabitants in Mexico in 2024, up from 25 homicide cases per 100,000 people the previous year. Mexico's murder rate increased remarkably between 2015 and 2018. Crime and violence in Mexico Street violence and crime are some of the most pressing problems affecting Mexican society today. A recent survey revealed that, on average, almost 74 percent of the adult population felt unsafe. The perceived level of insecurity in Mexico is more worrisome among women than men. In recent years, violence against women in Mexico has significantly worsened. Violence against women in Mexico The number of femicides registered in Mexico has more than doubled between 2015 and 2023. Up to 797 women were murdered in Mexico in 2024 solely on account of their gender. Over the past decade, Mexico adopted this federal criminal typification to address the increasing cases of homicide motivated by gender. Mexico City was the region with the largest number of femicides reported as such in 2024, whereas Morelos stood out as the Mexican state with the highest prevalence of femicides, based on 100,000 women.

Datasets are in a CSV format. Code is available for RStudio or R.

Context

This data is about Mexico crime incidence by state, as presented by INEGI, form year 2010-2018

The number of organized-crime related homicides in Mexico amounted to 28,328 cases in 2020. This represents an increase of 21 percent in comparison to the previous year. However, 2019 recorded the largest rise of organized crime related violence in the last decade. In 2014, the quantity of murders stood below 8,000.

This dataset contains detailed records of reported crimes in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. Each entry includes information such as the type of crime, neighborhood (colonia), date and time of the incident, and geographical coordinates.

The data were obtained from the Baja California Secretariat of Citizen Security website. https://www.seguridadbc.gob.mx/contenidos/estadisticas5.php

CRIME_CLASSIFICATION: Category in which the crime is classified, as indicated in the source
CRIME_SCENE: Location of the crime at the colony level
REGISTRATION_DATE: Date on which the crime was reported. This date is used for the statistical count by month, day and year
OCCURRED_DATE: Date on which the events occurred. In some cases, it may differ from the date of recording, since a crime may be reported on a date other than the date of its commission
CRIME_TIME: Time at which the crime was committed
MUNICIPALITY: The municipality where the crime was recorded

In addition, I added the following data through the CONAPO portal https://www.gob.mx/conapo/documentos/indices-de-marginacion-2020-284372 database on Marginalization Indexes 2020

TYPE: Subdivision or Colony
X: Longitude
Y: Latitude

There is theoretical divergence over how earthquakes affect crime. On the one hand, earthquakes improve individual cooperation, social trust, and crime reduction. On the other hand, earthquakes impact state capacity and enhance the prevalence of motivated offenders such as street gangs. This study empirically analyzes the effects of the September 2017 earthquakes in Mexico on personal crimes (assault and aggravated assault) and property crimes (vehicle theft, residential burglary, and vandalism). Using official police data, a difference-in-differences technique, and an event-study design, the results show that earthquakes increased assault by 14 percent and vandalism by 8 percent.

A total of over ******* crimes were reported in Mexico City in 2024. Cuauhtémoc was the municipality with the highest number of reported crimes, with over ****** cases. Followed by Iztapalapa and Gustavo A. Madero, the two most populous municipalities in Mexico City.

Comprehensive list containing 2 verified Crime victim service businesses in Baja California, Mexico with lastest contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.