Quintana Roo Posts 60.4% Drop in Homicides, Third Nationally

Mexico City — Quintana Roo remains among the Mexican states with the sharpest drop in intentional homicides, according to figures presented Tuesday at President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference.

Marcela Figueroa Franco, head of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), reported that the state’s daily average of intentional homicides fell 60.4% between January and July 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier.

That placed Quintana Roo third nationwide in percentage reduction. San Luis Potosí led with an 80.5% decline, followed by Nayarit at 63.2%.

The presentation showed that 30 of the country’s 32 states reduced their daily homicide average during the period.

For Quintana Roo, the figures extend a downward trend the federal government has highlighted throughout 2026. In May, the state also ranked third with a 60.3% reduction during the first four months of the year compared with the same stretch in 2025.

The data comes from reports submitted by state prosecutors’ offices and processed by the SESNSP as part of the government’s national security review.

Nationally, Sheinbaum said the daily average of intentional homicides fell 51% between September 2024 and July 2026, and that the January–July 2026 period posted the lowest average for that timespan since 2016.

State officials have attributed Quintana Roo’s results to coordination among state, municipal, and federal security forces.