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Mexico City Reports Lowest High-Impact Crime Since 2012, Averaging 57 Cases a Day in 2025

City leaders credit coordinated policing, prosecutions plus prevention programs for the drop, with 2026 priorities focused on extortion and World Cup security.

Overview

  • Officials said high-impact crimes fell 56% versus 2019 and 12% from 2024, based on the security report presented this week.
  • Homicide declined 46% from 2019 and 9% year over year, the rate stood at 8.7 per 100,000 residents, and 2025 logged 43 homicide‑free days with December the lowest month since 2013.
  • Authorities reported 44 feminicides in 2025, down 35%, with 42 cases judicialized and nine in ten sentences described as convictions by the local prosecutor’s office.
  • From October 2024 to December 2025, police made 8,218 arrests for high-impact crimes, seized drugs and more than 1,000 firearms, and reported a record number of arrest warrants served.
  • The city highlighted higher police pay, 3,500 new patrol vehicles, the start of a police hospital, and an expanded surveillance network of 115,000 cameras, alongside regional coordination that includes the State of Mexico.