3Salina Cruz

Salina Cruz, Mexico: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 3 out of 10 Above average crime

3/10 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: 7,160 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	28	33.2	15.8
SESNSP counts investigation files opened by the state prosecutors (carpetas de investigación), not victims.
Femicide	0	0	0.6
Sexual offences
Rape	15	17.8	15.9
Sexual abuse	13	15.4	25.9
Sexual harassment and other sexual offences	7	8.3	21.8
Violence
Intentional assault	74	87.6	123.5
Domestic violence	76	90	210.6
Kidnapping	1	1.2	0.4
Robbery
Street robbery	9	10.7	29.6
Robbery on transport and of hauliers	0	0	11.9
Robbery in homes	4	4.7	3.1
Vehicle robbery (carjacking)	13	15.4	30.5
Robbery of businesses	19	22.5	21.4
Other robbery	13	15.4	21.1
Robbery of car parts, banks, livestock, machinery and other robbery with violence.
Extortion	1	1.2	8.3
Theft and burglary
Burglary	25	29.6	25.8
Vehicle theft	34	40.3	59.9
Theft of car parts	0	0	14.8
Theft from the person and on transport	1	1.2	22.5
Theft from businesses	31	36.7	30.9
Other theft	25	29.6	103.7
Theft from hauliers and banks, of livestock, machinery and other theft without violence.
Drugs
Drug dealing (small scale)	13	15.4	82.3
State-level drug offences (narcomenudeo); federal drug crimes are not in this file.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	80	94.7	106.3
Threats	153	181.2	110
Home trespass	5	5.9	10.6
Other
Fraud	68	80.5	84.1

Source: SESNSP, updated 26 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (2025)

Homicide	28
Sexual offences	35
Violence	151
Robbery	59
Theft and burglary	116
Drugs	13
Damage and public order	238
Other	68

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.