Chihuahua Mexico Crime Rate 2019
Data from the mexican government shows that chihuahua logged a total of 791 gun murders in 2016 a 40 percent increase over the number of gun murders recorded in the state in 2015.
Chihuahua mexico crime rate 2019. The chihuahua city alert follows the high profile massacre of family members with dual u s mexico citizenship from the mormon communities of la. Of the 139 murder victims in the month of july 21 were females while three were minors. Has it been getting worse. Each month the secretariado ejecutivo del sistema nacional de seguridad pública publishes information on crimes known to the police across all of mexico on its website in the form of pdf tables and excel files.
Cartel fueled violence in el paso texas sister city juárez continues at an alarming rate with 889 killed during the first seven months of 2019. Reconsider travel to the state of chihuahua due to crime. Reconsider travel to chihuahua level 3 due to crime. Mexico city the number of homicides in mexico rose to 35 588 in 2019 the highest number on record but the rate of annual increase in murders has slowed according to government figures.
Information about crime in chihuahua mexico. Mexico 2019 crime safety report. Overall crime and safety situation. The border state of chihuahua mexico is confronting a resurgence of violent crime but the fight seems more about local revenue streams than international trafficking routes.
2019 was the most violent year on record in mexico with 35 558 reported homicides. The northern mexican state of chihuahua registered 1 536 homicides total over the same period. Review osac s report understanding the consular travel advisory system. Department of state has assessed.
Chihuahua city is about 230 miles south of juárez. The violence has continued in 2017. Overall crime and safety situation. This website downloads processes the data merges it with population data and presents it as easy to interpret crime rates.
Consulate general in ciudad juarez does not. Shows how much people think the problem in their community are property crimes home broken car theft etc violent crimes being mugged or robbed being attacked or insulted corruption and other crimes. Department of state travel advisory at the date of this report s publication assesses mexico at level 2 indicating travelers should exercise increased caution due to crime. At 24 8 mexico s rate was much lower than that of the top ranking country worldwide el salvador where 61 8 people out of 100 000 died from violent crime in 2017.