Overview
- Federal data show the national daily average of intentional homicides fell from 86.9 in September 2024 to 52.4 in December 2025, the lowest level in about a decade.
- SESNSP reported a 24% national year-over-year decrease in 2025, with daily cases dropping from 4.7 to 3.6.
- Zacatecas registered the largest state reduction with a 71.1% drop in intentional homicides between 2024 and 2025.
- Guerrero recorded a 65% decline from October 2024 to December 2025, Acapulco fell 71%, and 2025 was Guerrero’s lowest-incidence year since 2009 with 1,302 cases.
- Authorities highlighted 1,788 arrests for high-impact crimes in 15 months, 34 tonnes of drugs seized, six labs dismantled, and noted that seven states concentrated over half of 2025 homicides.