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]
RankStateHomicides (2011)Homicides (2010)Change
-  Mexico27,19925,757 5.6%
1  Chihuahua4,5026,407 29.7%
2  State of Mexico2,6132,111 23.8%
3  Guerrero2,4251,555 55.9%
4  Nuevo León2,177951 128.9%
5  Sinaloa1,9882,423 18.0%
6  Jalisco1,5241,072 42.2%
7  Mexico City1,1011,077 2.2%
8  Tamaulipas1,075935 15.0%
9  Durango1,0661,109 3.9%
10  Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave1,005461 118.0%
11  Michoacán de Ocampo852723 17.8%
12  Baja California8101,528 47.0%
13  Coahuila de Zaragoza729449 62.4%
14  Oaxaca682733 7.0%
15  Guanajuato619445 39.1%
16  Nayarit587539 8.9%
17  Sonora542738 26.6%
18  Morelos454493 7.9%
19  Puebla436376 16.0%
20  San Luis Potosí362366 1.1%
21  Zacatecas290143 102.8%
22  Tabasco225193 16.6%
23  Hidalgo209112 86.6%
24  Chiapas185199 7.0%
25  Quintana Roo163145 12.4%
26  Colima162131 23.7%
27  Querétaro de Arteaga10774 44.6%
28  Tlaxcala8857 54.4%
29  Aguascalientes8075 6.7%
30  Yucatán5334 55.9%
31  Campeche4648 4.2%
32  Baja California Sur4255 23.6%

Homicide rates by year

Intentional homicide rate (per 100,000)

  < 1
  1–5
  5–10
  10–21.1
  > 21.1
 MexicoSources200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
    Colima[2][3][4][5]5.124.865.238.0614.1124.5441.8725.4913.9223.0871.2296.6180.9086.6871.08
    Baja California[2][3][4][5]16.2216.8027.4723.6727.4120.5517.7322.9220.8023.8233.3858.3676.1870.6170.15
    Chihuahua[2][3][4][5]17.8518.2759.1690.56110.7186.6855.4939.6929.5625.4732.8941.7247.2256.8560.26
    Guanajuato[2][3][4][5]4.544.264.737.527.8610.7613.6011.2112.2915.1116.3918.5544.6047.4457.40
    Zacatecas[2][3][4][5]3.454.525.015.097.297.8112.6910.777.2914.9128.9635.1235.9432.7950.82
    Michoacán[2][3][4][5]15.5212.2813.0416.6114.9517.3416.8019.9119.8116.9027.8127.4129.4436.3743.65
    Sonora[2][3][4][5]9.3611.9114.9318.5923.9817.0617.8320.1719.6417.4619.8123.0123.9634.1642.70
    Morelos[2][3][4][5]9.336.547.7017.8131.0030.4346.5731.8521.9225.7831.7030.6335.3746.4940.91
    Guerrero[2][3][4][5]25.1723.8828.1341.9043.5562.1366.0159.2242.6956.5061.6764.2662.4544.4534.23
    Quintana Roo[2][3][4][5]10.1314.4515.2113.5517.3219.2817.3614.4111.2414.4810.1921.5742.5838.2232.49
    Sinaloa[2][3][4][5]22.1226.9141.4844.3560.1150.7240.9933.4528.5928.6531.9343.8931.5326.9122.87
    San Luis Potosí[2][3][4][5]5.246.068.536.1015.9415.1814.809.668.398.7511.0216.7416.4616.2822.30
    Jalisco[2][3][4][5]6.075.486.407.7711.9316.2015.4914.1911.5712.8514.3716.8824.2425.0321.78
    Tabasco[2][3][4][5]7.738.886.725.256.357.105.376.007.129.7711.4615.9618.9922.6020.34
    Oaxaca[2][3][4][5]28.6925.1219.2719.5917.2216.4312.0113.5416.0618.7421.5522.6324.0124.6719.49
    Nuevo León[2][3][4][5]4.086.315.765.7517.5341.7529.9714.559.778.8712.4912.5413.8516.5015.68
    Tamaulipas[2][3][4][5]11.068.329.518.7521.6225.3229.7216.0617.9315.0416.6022.2223.2618.0915.56
    Veracruz[2][3][4][5]5.826.376.304.547.5611.4212.3210.896.107.0215.5220.1016.7116.4814.83
    Puebla[2][3][4][5]7.427.107.507.147.0810.439.636.745.518.069.4314.5617.2417.2913.66
   State of Mexico[2][3][4][5]19.087.638.388.787.409.5413.2211.8112.0012.2711.9911.7513.1814.2213.65
   Mexico City[2][3][4][5]7.237.967.958.349.078.728.748.428.449.6410.7812.3114.1216.1313.07
    Nayarit[2][3][4][5]9.4510.4313.8913.6633.1040.2821.1212.819.166.783.1320.1025.4412.9912.34
    Hidalgo[2][3][4][5]3.995.735.345.174.984.073.004.384.964.975.186.796.849.679.96
    Querétaro[2][3][4][5]3.033.263.264.963.195.215.755.715.226.935.858.538.318.418.66
    Tlaxcala[2][3][4][5]16.80N/A3.654.114.055.894.825.634.844.625.949.299.1411.138.24
    Durango[2][3][4][5]12.9315.5726.4156.3661.3245.2036.1527.5418.0313.4913.3512.5010.078.397.97
    Campeche[2][3][4][5]3.584.535.564.987.056.927.967.617.275.849.127.177.117.527.90
    Chiapas[2][3][4][5]7.767.646.8510.3210.4612.3111.359.837.899.568.808.8310.099.427.54
    Baja California Sur[2][3][4][5]3.544.794.634.947.395.655.037.809.4519.7724.4069.1518.529.267.13
    Coahuila[2][3][4][5]4.154.546.628.7514.6323.4227.0122.3213.339.937.547.627.347.166.23
    Aguascalientes[2][3][4][5]2.334.325.465.616.196.093.573.193.312.952.846.135.636.825.46
    Yucatán[2][3][4][5]1.171.582.441.691.822.291.871.942.012.502.332.122.141.472.25

See also

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