Overview

• SESNSP data show the national daily average fell from 86.9 to 59.5 homicides between September 2024 and September 2025, with September 2025 the lowest for that month in nine years.
• From January to September 2025, authorities recorded 18,407 homicide victims, a 19.1% decrease versus the same period in 2024, though levels remain higher than in 2015–2016.
• Federal operations over the past year led to roughly 34,000–35,400 arrests for high‑impact crimes, 17,200 firearms seized, 1,564 meth labs destroyed and 283.5 tons of drugs confiscated, including 3 million fentanyl pills.
• Results are uneven: 23 states reduced daily homicides with large declines in Zacatecas (−88%), Chiapas (−73%), Quintana Roo (−68%), Jalisco (−62%) and Nuevo León (−61%); Nuevo León reports a 53% year‑to‑date drop and an 84% decline in early October, while Sonora reports −46% and Querétaro −27%.
• Violence remains concentrated, with 51% of cases in seven states (Guanajuato, Chihuahua, Baja California, Sinaloa, Estado de México, Guerrero, Michoacán); officials cite a recent 42% decline from a June spike in Sinaloa, yet local reporting notes one of the state’s highest year‑to‑date tolls in a decade and concerns over crime classifications, as a national anti‑extortion drive also lifted 089 reports to 647 daily and yielded 1,986 investigations and 386 arrests.