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 31 federal states and the Federal District of Mexico. In the year 2011 there were 27,199 homicides in Mexico. The state of Chihuahua ranked number one with the most homicide in the country, the least was Baja California Sur. For Mexico there were 24 homicides for every 100,000 inhabitants.

Mexican states

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	México	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	Federal District	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%

See also

• Crime in Mexico
• Latin American cities by murder rate
• 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

References

Indicators of Mexican states Ranked Area Growth rate Population Population density Social Fertility Rate HDI Homicides Infant mortality Life expectancy Literacy rate Political Capitals Governors Statehood Economy GDP Poverty rate Unemployment Other Coats of arms Flags Indigenous-speaking Irreligion