World City rankings
Most Dangerous Cities in Mexico
Colima has the highest Homicide Rates in 2024 (172.0 per 100k), followed by Manzanillo (154.0 per 100k) and San Luis Rio Colorado (147.0 per 100k). Leon has the lowest (41.3 per 100k).
19 of 1,103 cities
Homicide Rates, 2024
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one city; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
64.3 per 100k
Middle half 48.8 per 100k – 82.4 per 100k
Average
76.3 per 100k
19 cities
Lowest (best)
41.3 per 100k
Leon
Highest (worst)
172.0 per 100k
Colima
Over time · 2018–2024
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all cities
- Leon
- Chihuahua
- Guadalupe
- Chilpancingo de los Bravo
- Guaymas
Data
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28 cities · # = rank by Homicide Rates
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Leon | 41.3 per 100k | 598 | Guanajuato |
| 2 | Chihuahua | 43.6 per 100k | 353 | Chihuahua |
| 3 | Guadalupe | 45.7 per 100k | 77 | Zacatecas |
| 4 | Chilpancingo de los Bravo | 47.6 per 100k | 113 | Guerrero |
| 5 | Guaymas | 48.2 per 100k | 63 | Sonora |
| 6 | Garcia | 49.3 per 100k | 196 | Nuevo León |
| 7 | Irapuato | 52.5 per 100k | 262 | Guanajuato |
| 8 | Iguala de la Independencia | 52.7 per 100k | 68 | Guerrero |
| 9 | Culiacan | 64.0 per 100k | 541 | Sinaloa |
| 10 | Jiutepec | 64.3 per 100k | 123 | Morelos |
| 11 | Salamanca | 64.8 per 100k | 149 | Guanajuato |
| 12 | Cuernavaca | 67.2 per 100k | 226 | Morelos |
| 13 | Cuauhtemoc | 70.6 per 100k | 110 | Chihuahua |
| 14 | Juarez | 72.4 per 100k | 945 | Nuevo León |
| 15 | Tijuana | 92.3 per 100k | 1,591 | Baja California |
| 16 | Celaya | 101.0 per 100k | 444 | Guanajuato |
| 17 | San Luis Rio Colorado | 147.0 per 100k | 243 | Sonora |
| 18 | Manzanillo | 154.0 per 100k | 266 | Colima |
| 19 | Colima | 172.0 per 100k | 244 | Colima |
| — | Guadalajara | — | — | Jalisco |
| — | Cancun | — | — | Quintana Roo |
| — | Reynosa | — | — | Tamaulipas |
| — | Benito Juarez | — | — | Quintana Roo |
| — | Tepic | — | — | Nayarit |
| — | Ensenada | — | — | Baja California |
| — | Coatzacoalcos | — | — | Veracruz |
| — | Fresnillo | — | — | Zacatecas |
| — | Zacatecas | — | — | Zacatecas |
What correlates with Homicide Rates (2024)?
Pearson r against 2 other city metrics sharing at least 12 cities. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Homicide Rates tend to score higher on these
Nothing notable in this direction.
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Homicide Rates tend to score lower on these
- PopulationPlotr = −0.20 · weak · n = 19
Quick answers
- Which world city has the highest Homicide Rates?
- Colima has the highest Homicide Rates in 2024, at 172.0 per 100k, followed by Manzanillo (154.0 per 100k) and San Luis Rio Colorado (147.0 per 100k).
- Which world city has the lowest Homicide Rates?
- Leon has the lowest Homicide Rates in 2024, at 41.3 per 100k.
- What is the median Homicide Rates across world cities?
- The median is 64.3 per 100k across the 19 world cities with data in 2024.
- Where does this most dangerous cities in mexico data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Mexico Peace Index - Institute for Economics & Peace. Last updated 2026-10-28.