2Zacatepec

Zacatepec, Mexico: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 2 out of 10 High crime

2/10 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: 8,359 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	13	36	15.8
SESNSP counts investigation files opened by the state prosecutors (carpetas de investigación), not victims.
Femicide	1	2.8	0.6
Sexual offences
Rape	6	16.6	15.9
Sexual abuse	7	19.4	25.9
Sexual harassment and other sexual offences	2	5.5	21.8
Violence
Intentional assault	11	30.5	123.5
Domestic violence	72	199.5	210.6
Kidnapping	0	0	0.4
Robbery
Street robbery	2	5.5	29.6
Robbery on transport and of hauliers	1	2.8	11.9
Robbery in homes	0	0	3.1
Vehicle robbery (carjacking)	9	24.9	30.5
Robbery of businesses	6	16.6	21.4
Other robbery	2	5.5	21.1
Robbery of car parts, banks, livestock, machinery and other robbery with violence.
Extortion	3	8.3	8.3
Theft and burglary
Burglary	8	22.2	25.8
Vehicle theft	9	24.9	59.9
Theft of car parts	6	16.6	14.8
Theft from the person and on transport	1	2.8	22.5
Theft from businesses	6	16.6	30.9
Other theft	32	88.7	103.7
Theft from hauliers and banks, of livestock, machinery and other theft without violence.
Drugs
Drug dealing (small scale)	37	102.5	82.3
State-level drug offences (narcomenudeo); federal drug crimes are not in this file.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	21	58.2	106.3
Threats	55	152.4	110
Home trespass	1	2.8	10.6
Other
Fraud	28	77.6	84.1

Source: SESNSP, updated 26 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (2025)

Homicide	14
Sexual offences	15
Violence	83
Robbery	23
Theft and burglary	62
Drugs	37
Damage and public order	77
Other	28

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.