Overview

• SESNSP data show 18,407 homicide victims from January to September 2025, a 19.1% decrease year over year, with the daily average falling to 59.5 in September, the lowest for that month in nine years.
• Security chief Omar García Harfuch reports more than 34,000 detentions for high‑impact crimes, about 17,200 firearms seized, and 1,564 clandestine drug labs dismantled in the first year.
• The decline is uneven across states: Zacatecas, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Jalisco and Nuevo León report large reductions, while Sinaloa rose to 1,302 homicides in Jan–Sep (up 170.7% vs. 2024), though officials say killings there fell 42% from a June spike.
• Nuevo León cites its best security levels in a decade, with 586 homicides in Jan–Sep (down 53% year over year) and an 84% drop in the first week of October compared with the same period in 2024.
• Homicides of children and adolescents fell nationally but increased in eight states; Redim reports Sinaloa’s child victims rose from 4 to 41 in Jan–Aug, while INEGI surveys indicate insecurity remains the public’s top concern and most crimes go unreported.