Overview

• Government crime data for January–June 2025 report 2,543 vehicle thefts, a 276% increase year over year, and 1,407 robberies of businesses, up 108%.
• Sinaloa recorded 893 homicide victims in the first half of 2025, a 266% rise from the same period in 2024, according to the SNSP.
• Security sources report that most stolen vehicles are pickups and Suburbans taken for criminal operations and later abandoned, often burned or riddled with bullets.
• More than 10,000 Army and National Guard personnel are deployed across high‑risk municipalities including Culiacán, Navolato, Mazatlán and Ahome, yet property crimes continue.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledged last year’s spike in auto thefts and said the trend is now declining, particularly on the Culiacán–Mazatlán route.