Tijuana has long been regarded as unsafe. In fact, it was ranked as the murder capital of Mexico in 2018, with 138 homicides per 100,000 out of a population of 1,909,424. This can be downplayed, even though specific areas in the city are deemed safe to stay in. Street crime and violent crime are prevalent in Tijuana, and its extremely high murder rate alone says much about the unsafe state of the area in general.