1Ensenada
Ensenada, Mexico: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 1 out of 10 High crime
1/10 in Mexico · 1/10 in the world
Compared with 2459 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime). 10 places were left out of the comparison (incomplete figures or very few residents).
Weighted crime: 15,524 per 100,000 people (2025)
Crime by type, as recorded by SESNSP (2025)
| Type | Count | Per 100,000 a year | All places this source covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | |||
| Intentional homicide | 94 | 21.2 | 15.8 |
| SESNSP counts investigation files opened by the state prosecutors (carpetas de investigación), not victims. | |||
| Femicide | 3 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Sexual offences | |||
| Rape | 122 | 27.5 | 15.9 |
| Sexual abuse | 212 | 47.8 | 25.9 |
| Sexual harassment and other sexual offences | 352 | 79.3 | 21.8 |
| Violence | |||
| Intentional assault | 760 | 171.2 | 123.5 |
| Domestic violence | 2,323 | 523.4 | 210.6 |
| Kidnapping | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | |||
| Street robbery | 247 | 55.7 | 29.6 |
| Robbery on transport and of hauliers | 2 | 0.5 | 11.9 |
| Robbery in homes | 15 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| Vehicle robbery (carjacking) | 53 | 11.9 | 30.5 |
| Robbery of businesses | 104 | 23.4 | 21.4 |
| Other robbery | 123 | 27.7 | 21.1 |
| Robbery of car parts, banks, livestock, machinery and other robbery with violence. | |||
| Extortion | 20 | 4.5 | 8.3 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Burglary | 333 | 75 | 25.8 |
| Vehicle theft | 799 | 180 | 59.9 |
| Theft of car parts | 0 | 0 | 14.8 |
| Theft from the person and on transport | 345 | 77.7 | 22.5 |
| Theft from businesses | 147 | 33.1 | 30.9 |
| Other theft | 527 | 118.7 | 103.7 |
| Theft from hauliers and banks, of livestock, machinery and other theft without violence. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug dealing (small scale) | 1,729 | 389.6 | 82.3 |
| State-level drug offences (narcomenudeo); federal drug crimes are not in this file. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Criminal damage | 982 | 221.3 | 106.3 |
| Threats | 756 | 170.3 | 110 |
| Home trespass | 234 | 52.7 | 10.6 |
| Other | |||
| Fraud | 403 | 90.8 | 84.1 |
Source: SESNSP, updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 97 |
|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 686 |
| Violence | 3,083 |
| Robbery | 564 |
| Theft and burglary | 2,151 |
| Drugs | 1,729 |
| Damage and public order | 1,972 |
| Other | 403 |
