Murder Rate - Mexico

On August 20, 2012, Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) recently reported that 27,199 murders were committed in 2011. This represents a 5.6% increase when compared to 2010, and marks 2011 as the most violent year during the Calderon administration. This reporting represents a situation where a body was found and identified positively as to have been killed in a particular year it also includes both accidental and intentional homicides. (Mass graves are not included because no year of death can be fixed. Neither are kidnapped and presumed murdered or are people (narcos) who simply vanished and were never found included in these numbers) 

Additional statistics regarding homicide rates per year in Mexico were reported as follows:

• 2011: 27,199 – 24 per 100,000 inhabitants
• 2010: 25,757 – 23 per 100,000 inhabitants
• 2009: 19,803 – 18 per 100,000 inhabitants
• 2008: 14,006 – 13 per 100,000 inhabitants
• 2007: 8,867 – 8 per 100,000 inhabitants
• 2006: 10,452 – 10 per 100,000 inhabitants
• 2005: 9,921 – 9 per 100,000 inhabitants

States with the highest number of murders reported during 2011 were listed as follows:

• Chihuahua: 4,502. 2011 rates represented a 30% reduction when compared to 2010 murder rates.
• Mexico State: 2,613
• Guerrero: 2,425
• Nuevo Leon: 2,177
• Sinaloa: 1,988

· States with murder reductions during 2011 when compared to figures reported during 2010 were San Luis Potosi, Durango, Campeche, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Morelos, Sinaloa, Baja California, and Sonora.

· The murder rate in 21 states increased during 2011 when compared to figures reported during 2010. Details regarding some of these states with increases are listed below:

Murders per year

• 2005: 9,921
• 2006: 10,452
• 2007: 8,867
• 2008: 14,006
• 2009:19,803
• 2010: 25,760
• 2011: 27,199

States with the highest number of murders:

Chihuahua

• 2005: 569
• 2006: 648
• 2007: 518
• 2008: 2,601
• 2009: 3,671
• 2010: 6,407

Mexico State

• 2005: 2,016
• 2006: 1,747
• 2007: 1,238
• 2008: 1,579
• 2009: 1,860
• 2010: 2,111

Guerrero

• 2005: 591
• 2006: 789
• 2007: 766
• 2008: 1,005
• 2009: 1,855
• 2010: 1,555

Nuevo Leon

• 2005: 150
• 2006: 168
• 2007: 279
• 2008: 241
• 2009: 343
• 2010: 951

Veracruz

• 2005: 344
• 2006: 360
• 2007: 380
• 2008: 340
• 2009: 693
• 2010: 461

Sourcing:

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/865260.html; http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/c0239f2e49c89f05b5f7ed557d155902