Seven Mexican States Had Half of 2025 Homicides

Mexico City, Mexico — Seven of Mexico’s 32 states concentrated 50.5% of all homicides in 2025, according to data presented by the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP).

During the January 8 morning press conference, known as “La Mañanera,” SESNSP head Marcela Figueroa detailed that the states of Guanajuato, Chihuahua, Baja California, Sinaloa, State of Mexico, Guerrero, and Michoacán accounted for more than half of the country’s intentional homicides last year.

State-by-State Breakdown

• Guanajuato | 11% (2,388 homicides in 2025)
• Chihuahua | 7.6% (1,661 homicides)
• Baja California | 7.3% (1,583 homicides)
• Sinaloa | 7.1% (1,541 homicides)
• State of Mexico | 6.5% (1,424 homicides)
• Guerrero | 5.7% (1,240 homicides)
• Michoacán | 5.5% (1,191 homicides)

The government highlighted a general decrease in high-impact crimes between January-December 2019 and the same period in 2025, including:

• Femicide (-15.2%)
• Intentional injuries with firearms (-11.3%)
• Kidnapping (-11.3%)
• Total robberies with violence (-14.7%)
• Home robbery (-12.6%)
• Vehicle robbery with violence (-19.5%)
• Robbery of transporters (-23.3%)
• Robbery of pedestrians (-15.9%)
• Business robbery (-14.8%)

The exception was extortion, which saw a 2.3% increase in reports to prosecutors’ offices.

Sheinbaum Celebrates Decrease

President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that homicides in Mexico fell by 40% between September 2024 and December 2025, the first 15 months of her administration.

“From September 2024 to December 2025, intentional homicides decreased by 40%,” the president stated during a press conference in Morelos on January 8.

She noted that the daily average of murders dropped from 86.9 to 52.4 between September 2024, the final month of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s term, and December 2025, representing 34 fewer homicides per day.

Sheinbaum emphasized that the December 2025 figure is the lowest in the last 10 years, based on records dating back to 2016.

“This is the result of a security strategy that is yielding results and very close coordination among all security areas,” she asserted.

According to the Security Cabinet, more than 38,700 people have been arrested for high-impact crimes during this period, and over 311 tons of drugs have been seized.