THE MEXICO BRIEF
Security

The homicide rate is the one danger number that compares across places, and it has eased from its 2018–19 peak.

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The numbers now

This section compares places on one metric, the homicide rate, because it is the only crime statistic measured the same way everywhere. Reported-crime counts are not: they track who files a police report, not where danger is. The full caveat is in Background.

Calendar

What to watch

Official crime releases, hearings, and reviews that are already scheduled, each with its date.

The Wire

Latest

Security and violence headlines, each dated and linked to its source.

Fuller summaries are coming. For now each headline links straight to its original source.

Tools & sources

Go deeper

Sources for this section: SESNSP (Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública — reported homicides) and INEGI (the statistical audit of the count). Each figure above links to its source, with the date it was published.