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Santiago, 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: 10,070 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	2	4.3	15.8
SESNSP counts investigation files opened by the state prosecutors (carpetas de investigación), not victims.
Femicide	0	0	0.6
Sexual offences
Rape	18	38.5	15.9
Sexual abuse	20	42.7	25.9
Sexual harassment and other sexual offences	24	51.3	21.8
Violence
Intentional assault	29	62	123.5
Domestic violence	222	474.5	210.6
Kidnapping	0	0	0.4
Robbery
Street robbery	9	19.2	29.6
Robbery on transport and of hauliers	2	4.3	11.9
Robbery in homes	6	12.8	3.1
Vehicle robbery (carjacking)	1	2.1	30.5
Robbery of businesses	3	6.4	21.4
Other robbery	2	4.3	21.1
Robbery of car parts, banks, livestock, machinery and other robbery with violence.
Extortion	24	51.3	8.3
Theft and burglary
Burglary	14	29.9	25.8
Vehicle theft	3	6.4	59.9
Theft of car parts	1	2.1	14.8
Theft from the person and on transport	2	4.3	22.5
Theft from businesses	2	4.3	30.9
Other theft	29	62	103.7
Theft from hauliers and banks, of livestock, machinery and other theft without violence.
Drugs
Drug dealing (small scale)	94	200.9	82.3
State-level drug offences (narcomenudeo); federal drug crimes are not in this file.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	23	49.2	106.3
Threats	34	72.7	110
Home trespass	5	10.7	10.6
Other
Fraud	33	70.5	84.1

Source: SESNSP, updated 26 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (2025)

Homicide	2
Sexual offences	62
Violence	251
Robbery	47
Theft and burglary	51
Drugs	94
Damage and public order	62
Other	33

Source: Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública (SESNSP), incidencia delictiva del fuero común municipal, datos.gob.mx, CC BY 4.0; Fuente: INEGI, Marco Geoestadístico and Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, updated 26 October 2026.