Mexico City

Mexico · Latin America & Caribbean

55Safety indexModerate

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

UK FCDOLevel 2 · Increased caution

Smartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution

5/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

19.43°, -99.13°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Mexico City scores 55 out of 100, safer than only 20% of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is 8.2 per 100,000, about 5.1 times the median for the cities we track. This is a city-level figure, though we calculated the rate ourselves from a count and a population. Recorded robbery is 126.7 per 100,000, also city-level and drawn from police records that undercount, so the actual level runs higher. The four governments we track agree here: the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia all place Mexico at their second advisory level, increased caution. Their advisories flag pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. On perception, 41.3% of people said they feel safe walking alone at night, but that result covers Mexico as a whole rather than the capital specifically.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime16

Robbery & theft23

Travel advisory33

The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)

8.2/100k

Rate computed by project-atlas: 755 (count, 2025) ÷ 9209944 population (INEGI — Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 (suma de las 16 alcaldías), 2020) × 100k.

Primary source: SESNSP — Incidencia delictiva municipal

Where this sits on the scaleHigh

01·3·8·20·40 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 22% of tracked cities

8.2/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

126.7/100k

Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence — Mexico has a high share of unreported crime (cifra negra), more so for robbery than homicide. Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 11666 (count, 2025) ÷ 9209944 population (INEGI — Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 (suma de las 16 alcaldías), 2020) × 100k.

Primary source: SESNSP — Incidencia delictiva municipal

Where this sits on the scaleElevated

040·120·250·400·600 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 32% of tracked cities

126.7/100k

0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Mexico Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Mexico Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: UK FCDO — Mexico travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Mexico travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.

Feel safe walking alone at night

National survey

41.3%feel safe

41.3% of people surveyed · Mexico · 2024

Survey figure is for Mexico (country), wider than Mexico City itself.

Primary source: UN SDG 16.1.4 — feel safe walking alone at night (UNODC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.

Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories

3 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Mexico travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories

3 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Mexico travel advice (Safety and security)