City Travel Stats

Tijuana

Mexico · Latin America & Caribbean

34Safety indexHigher concern
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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32.51°, -117.04°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Tijuana ranks near the bottom of our index, scoring 34 out of 100, with only about 6% of scored cities placing below it.

Homicide is recorded at 55.8 per 100,000, roughly 35 times the median across the cities we track. That figure covers the municipality and we derived the rate from a count and a population, so individual areas may sit well above or below it. Robbery is 97.6 per 100,000, and police records understate the true frequency. The four governments agree, each holding Mexico at increased caution, their second level. Every advisory flags pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. In a national survey, 41.3% of people said they feel safe walking alone at night, a country-wide result rather than one specific to Tijuana.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime100
Robbery & theft18
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)
55.8/100k
Figure is for Tijuana (municipality), wider than Tijuana itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 1073 (count, 2025) ÷ 1922523 population (INEGI — Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, 2020) × 100k.

Primary source: SESNSP — Incidencia delictiva municipal

Where this sits on the scaleExtreme
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 2% of tracked cities
55.8/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
97.6/100k
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.
Figure is for Tijuana (municipality), wider than Tijuana itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 1877 (count, 2025) ÷ 1922523 population (INEGI — Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, 2020) × 100k.

Primary source: SESNSP — Incidencia delictiva municipal

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 42% of tracked cities
97.6/100k
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 Tijuana 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)