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

Notes

References

  1. ^ INEGI, [1]
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