City Travel Stats

Monterrey

Mexico · Latin America & Caribbean

57Safety indexModerate
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution
2GB flagUK FCDOLevel 2 · Increased caution
2AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 2 · Increased caution
5/5metric categories covered
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25.69°, -100.32°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Monterrey scores 57 out of 100 in our composite index, safer than only 22% of the cities we score.

The recorded figures underneath are lower than that placement might suggest. Homicide is 2 per 100,000, close to the median for the cities we track, and robbery is 11 per 100,000; both cover the municipality rather than the city core, and the robbery count is police-recorded, so it understates the real total. All four governments we track, the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, hold Mexico at their second level, increased caution, with no disagreement. Every advisory names pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. In a national survey, 41.3% of people said they feel safe walking alone after dark, a figure for the whole country rather than Monterrey alone.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime4
Robbery & theft2
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)
2/100k
Figure is for Monterrey (municipality), wider than Monterrey itself.

Primary source: Policía Nacional de Colombia — Homicidios (datos abiertos)

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 43% of tracked cities
2/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
11/100k
Police-recorded robbery (hurto con violencia) — Colombian hurto is under-reported (cifra negra), so read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.
Figure is for Monterrey (municipality), wider than Monterrey itself.

Primary source: Policía Nacional de Colombia — Estadística delictiva (hurtos por arma, Cuadro 10)

Where this sits on the scaleLow
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 87% of tracked cities
11/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

Global Affairs Canada
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

UK FCDO
2GB flagUK FCDOLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: UK FCDO — Mexico travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
2AU flagSmartraveller (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 Monterrey 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)