Zamora was the city in Mexico that led the ranking of highest homicide rates in 2021. The city had a murder rate of approximately 196.63 per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Obregón, with a homicide rate of 155.77. That year, those two cities had the highest homicide rates not only in Mexico, but in
Cities with the highest homicide rates in Mexico in 2021 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)
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Statistics on Homicide in South America
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: homicide rate 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: homicide rates 2021, by city
- Basic Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: intentional homicide rate 2020, by country
- Basic Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: homicides number 2021, by city
- Basic Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: number of homicide victims 2020
Homicide rates
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- Basic Statistic Venezuela: homicide rate 2014-2022
- Basic Statistic Colombia: homicide rate 2014-2022
- Basic Statistic Brazil: homicide rate 2012-2021
- Basic Statistic Uruguay: homicide rate 2014-2022
- Basic Statistic Peru: homicide rate 2013-2021
- Basic Statistic Ecuador: homicide rate 2014-2021
- Basic Statistic Argentina: homicide rate 2013-2020
- Basic Statistic Chile: homicide rate 2014-2021
Number of homicides
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- Basic Statistic Brazil: number of homicides 2006-2019
- Premium Statistic Colombia: number of homicides 2008-2020
- Basic Statistic Peru: number of homicides 2011-2018
- Basic Statistic Argentina: number of homicides 2010-2020
- Basic Statistic Ecuador: number of homicides 2010-2020
- Basic Statistic Chile: number of homicides 2010-2020
- Basic Statistic Bolivia: number of homicides 2015-2019
- Basic Statistic Paraguay: number of homicides 2010-2020
Regions & cities
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- Premium Statistic Brazil: homicide rate 2021, by city
- Premium Statistic Brazil: number of homicides 2007-2019, by region
- Premium Statistic Brazil: number of homicides 2019, by state
- Premium Statistic Venezuela: homicide rate 2020, by city
- Basic Statistic Number of homicides in Colombia 2021, by region
- Basic Statistic Colombia: share of homicides 2020, by area
Further related statistics
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- Cuba: homicide rate 2007-2016
- Venezuela: number of homicides 2020, by selected city
- Brazil: homicides number 2021, by selected city
- Saint Vincent & Grenadines: homicide rate 2000-2016
- Mexico: number of murders in 2021, by state
- Caribbean: number of murder victims 2019, by select cities
- Caribbean: murder rate 2021, by select cities
- Grenada: homicide rate 2010-2020
- El Salvador: number of homicides 2018, by department
- Jamaica: homicide rate in Kingston 2017-2018
- Grenada: homicide rate in St. George's 2007-2016
- Homicide rate in Canada 1994-2021
- Gang-related homicides in Canada from 2003 to 2013
- Portugal: homicides & crimes against human life in 2020, by type
- Gang-related homicides in Canada 2021, by province or territory
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Statistics
- Cuba: homicide rate 2007-2016
- Venezuela: number of homicides 2020, by selected city
- Brazil: homicides number 2021, by selected city
- Saint Vincent & Grenadines: homicide rate 2000-2016
- Mexico: number of murders in 2021, by state
- Caribbean: number of murder victims 2019, by select cities
- Caribbean: murder rate 2021, by select cities
- Grenada: homicide rate 2010-2020
- El Salvador: number of homicides 2018, by department
- Jamaica: homicide rate in Kingston 2017-2018
- Grenada: homicide rate in St. George's 2007-2016
- Homicide rate in Canada 1994-2021
- Gang-related homicides in Canada from 2003 to 2013
- Portugal: homicides & crimes against human life in 2020, by type
- Gang-related homicides in Canada 2021, by province or territory
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. (March 7, 2022). Cities with the highest homicide rates in Mexico in 2021 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/984420/homicide-rates-mexico-by-city/
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. "Cities with the highest homicide rates in Mexico in 2021 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)." Chart. March 7, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984420/homicide-rates-mexico-by-city/
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. (2022). Cities with the highest homicide rates in Mexico in 2021 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984420/homicide-rates-mexico-by-city/
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. "Cities with The Highest Homicide Rates in Mexico in 2021 (in Number of Homicides per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984420/homicide-rates-mexico-by-city/
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal, Cities with the highest homicide rates in Mexico in 2021 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984420/homicide-rates-mexico-by-city/ (last visited March 28, 2023)
Cities with the highest homicide rates in Mexico in 2021 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal, March 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/984420/homicide-rates-mexico-by-city/