# 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.

## Homicide rates by year

Intentional homicide rate (per 100,000)
| < 1  1–5 | 5–10  10–21.1 | > 21.1 |
| Mexico | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Colima | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2.33 | 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 | 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 |