List of Mexican states by homicides

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

## Methodology

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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

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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

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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

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* 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

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## References

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1. ^ INEGI, [1]
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af
* "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af
* "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af
* "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.

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