Crime in Mexico City, Mexico

Crime rates in Mexico City, Mexico

Level of crime
77.94 High
Crime increasing in the past 3 years
78.52 High
Worries home broken and things stolen
57.62 Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed
75.09 High
Worries car stolen
64.77 High
Worries things from car stolen
68.67 High
Worries attacked
62.08 High
Worries being insulted
51.05 Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion
29.60 Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs
67.86 High
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft
73.69 High
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery
79.13 High
Problem corruption and bribery
87.40 Very High

Safety in Mexico City, Mexico

Safety walking alone during daylight
50.50 Moderate
Safety walking alone during night
22.13 Low

Contributors: 551

Last update: March 2023

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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15 Comments so far
Anonymous on Feb 25, 2023:
Mexico City has gotten safer in the last couple of years btw.
Anonymous on Feb 25, 2023:
Absolute garbage in the comments.

The Middle East is far more violent than LatAm and Baghdad/Iraq are one of the most violent cities and countries in the world. This includes traditional criminal violence although you can partly blame the USA for letting the prisoners out.

For example, Baghdad is ranked by experts above every Brazilian and South African city for crime much less terrorism or war. Iraq is rated above both countries for crime as well.
Jeremy on Jan 20, 2023:
Sorry, not sure where these people are getting their experiences from. MC is perfectly fine. Its all fear mongering. Thousands upon thousands of foreigners here in MC and no issues.
The Truth on Jul 28, 2022:
Mexico City is a sheethole. The "good areas" are like living in the hood in Chicago or Detroit
Anonymous on Mar 04, 2022:
Oh please to the anonymous person on Dec 19, 2019 the Middle East is much safer than any Latin American country, you are safer even in a place like Iran/Saudi Arabia than Mexico City or Argentina, there is no people with guns or random cartels blowing up cars and beheading people, the ME places with those things are done by TERRORISTS or because they are at WAR not because the local people just do that for fun like LatinAM countries... Turkey,Iran,Saudi,UAE,Morocco,Azerbaijan,Armenia,Georgia,Lebanon,Qatar,Oman,Jordan,Tunisia,Israel and Kuwait literally any of these countries is safer than LatinAM, you don't need "a type 3 armored car" in ME and if you don't believe me here is a video of a European woman walking around alone at night in Baghdad Iraq, a country that has been through hell and yet is still safer than LatinAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us9raH83h7c
Susie Salinas on Jan 21, 2021:
Me and three of my friends got robbed at gunpoint by two guys in a motorcycle. This was in a street in Coyoacan, which is considered to be one of the safest areas in CDMX. They took all of our phones with the password to unlock them, wallets, money, ID, and my Apple watch. We reported it to the police immediately but these are professional criminals. Finding any lead is nearly impossible, unfortunately. Once we got home minutes later to track our phones, everything had been erased from the iCloud.
Isabella Guerra on Dec 16, 2020:
I want to claim I was have fraud with one doctor his is dentist in Guadalajara his from Venezuela , he don’t have diploma in his office I am very upset he was robe my money I need help for reporting
anonymous on Dec 02, 2020:
I go to Mexico a lot and have family there in my opinion it is a good place but it can be dangerous. However you will most likely be ok if you don't make people pay too much attention to you or stand out too much. Even though it is a dangerous place the people are usually warmhearted and welcoming and it has a lot of nice sides to it too.
Anonimo on Nov 05, 2020:
I am a spaniard who lived in Mexico DF for more than five years. Mexico is a nice country and mexicans are nice, willing to help at all times and fair people. But dont get wrong yourself: is a dangerous country.
The level of corruption and lack of trustability of police is outstanding, specially the "local", "transit" and "judicial" police. The only one you can have moderate trust is Federal police.
The level of crime and violence is moderate during daytime and severe during the night. Do not travel by car during the night, this is a must. Risk of kidnapping is moderate to high at all times, and the resolution of 90% of the cases is really sad.
In the past in CDMX it was different from one area to other (Polanco to city-centre or Interlomas to Santa Fe, Tlanepantla to Naucalpan...) but nowadays is much more indiscriminate... anyway avoid Tepito and downtown areas during the night. Some cities and states are much more complicated (Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Guerrero, Guadalajara) than others (Yucatan, Chiapas) and is directly related to the cartels internal fights.
If you are going to move to MX for a certain period, consider to buy a type 3 armored car (second hand they are inexpensive), be aware of your surroundings at all times, avoid night street walks, do not use public transportation (street taxis, "peseros" and "combis"), just "Uber" and pay special attention to kids at all times in malls and by the street.
Rest is fine
Anonymous on Jun 15, 2020:
Avoid the areas under the US travel warning.

Note the US State Department hasn't worded it very well, they've made it look like 'Mexico City' doesn't have any areas under high risk advisories.

If you look closely parts of it are on level 3 (on a scale of 1 to 4). They've given the impression if you're not paying attention that all of Mexico City is on a lowly level 2 rating.
Anonymous on Apr 12, 2020:
Statistically the capital again had by far the most murders for a Mexican city in 2019 (around 4,000) but people need to remember; it is a lot bigger than the others.
Anonymous on Dec 19, 2019:
If I can add to what I wrote below, this also applies to cities elsewhere in Mexico and LatAm. The ME and Africa have always been more violent than Latin America and have always had more violent cities. LatAm is above-average violent, but it lacks that elite-level violence to be considered among the world's most violent regions.

Basically, beware fear-mongering journalism (WSJ, NYT, BI etc.) using bad data. Even if I admit parts of MC are under the U.S. warning.
Anonymous on Dec 03, 2019:
It's important to note that parts of Mexico City are under the travel warning issued by the U.S. government, a lot of people mistakenly think it isn't. This isn't correct. I can confirm that, yes, parts of the city are under a travel warning.

This doesn't mean it has the violence level of Middle Eastern or African cities that are within failed states. Like the vast majority of Latin America, it's still safe enough where you can take a vacation and be rest assured that nothing is likely to happen.
Kevin on Sep 11, 2019:
Mexico City is fine. I never have had a problem. People are nice and I've drank out of the water fountain and didn't have an issue. The important thing I can say is learn some basic Spanish and be polite.
Anonymous on Aug 31, 2019:
I'm a Englishman living in Mexico city for last 3 months and its such a fantastic city, The people are great and very warm and keep focused on were you are but I love this place and in fairness I always avoid western areas and prefer local people areas and ive never had a issue, I take precautions of course I use a wallet which is attached around a belt loop then inside pocket, I walk with confidence by not looking lost, I'm white Blue eyes brown hair and yes people look but I don't mind that I make every effort to be polite and respect this great city, Ive made a few friends now some of which I have to use google to translate, Just get involved and enjoy the culture, If you see obvious trouble try to avoid, avoid rush hour times on the metro and buses etc keep to main lit up streets, use UBER to travel from A to B at night, I walk myself but that's me and never have issues even stop off av a hotdog on my walks from the stalls in the street, I do read read though that there is assaults etc, yes wrong time wrong place maybe, Plan your route and try to avoid potential threats on yourself, Ive seen people walk past me earphones in all dressed up etc no observation or situational awareness to anything, keep switched on and enjoy life. Just my thought and I live and work all over the world, Mexico City is awesome