3Acatlán

Acatlán, Puebla, 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: 6,207 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	5.3	15.8
SESNSP counts investigation files opened by the state prosecutors (carpetas de investigación), not victims.
Femicide	0	0	0.6
Sexual offences
Rape	10	26.3	15.9
Sexual abuse	6	15.8	25.9
Sexual harassment and other sexual offences	14	36.9	21.8
Violence
Intentional assault	31	81.7	123.5
Domestic violence	95	250.3	210.6
Kidnapping	0	0	0.4
Robbery
Street robbery	0	0	29.6
Robbery on transport and of hauliers	5	13.2	11.9
Robbery in homes	1	2.6	3.1
Vehicle robbery (carjacking)	4	10.5	30.5
Robbery of businesses	2	5.3	21.4
Other robbery	6	15.8	21.1
Robbery of car parts, banks, livestock, machinery and other robbery with violence.
Extortion	1	2.6	8.3
Theft and burglary
Burglary	10	26.3	25.8
Vehicle theft	8	21.1	59.9
Theft of car parts	1	2.6	14.8
Theft from the person and on transport	1	2.6	22.5
Theft from businesses	1	2.6	30.9
Other theft	11	29	103.7
Theft from hauliers and banks, of livestock, machinery and other theft without violence.
Drugs
Drug dealing (small scale)	2	5.3	82.3
State-level drug offences (narcomenudeo); federal drug crimes are not in this file.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	14	36.9	106.3
Threats	43	113.3	110
Home trespass	0	0	10.6
Other
Fraud	19	50.1	84.1

Source: SESNSP, updated 26 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (2025)

Homicide	2
Sexual offences	30
Violence	126
Robbery	19
Theft and burglary	32
Drugs	2
Damage and public order	57
Other	19

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.