1Cortazar

Cortazar, Mexico: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 1 out of 10 High crime

1/10 in Mexico · 1/10 in the world

Compared with 2459 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime). 10 places were left out of the comparison (incomplete figures or very few residents).

Weighted crime: 11,649 per 100,000 people (2025)

Crime by type, as recorded by SESNSP (2025)

Type	Count	Per 100,000 a year	All places this source covers
Homicide
Intentional homicide	20	20.4	15.8
SESNSP counts investigation files opened by the state prosecutors (carpetas de investigación), not victims.
Femicide	0	0	0.6
Sexual offences
Rape	21	21.4	15.9
Sexual abuse	29	29.6	25.9
Sexual harassment and other sexual offences	5	5.1	21.8
Violence
Intentional assault	346	353.3	123.5
Domestic violence	234	239	210.6
Kidnapping	0	0	0.4
Robbery
Street robbery	4	4.1	29.6
Robbery on transport and of hauliers	0	0	11.9
Robbery in homes	1	1	3.1
Vehicle robbery (carjacking)	24	24.5	30.5
Robbery of businesses	25	25.5	21.4
Other robbery	89	90.9	21.1
Robbery of car parts, banks, livestock, machinery and other robbery with violence.
Extortion	17	17.4	8.3
Theft and burglary
Burglary	25	25.5	25.8
Vehicle theft	44	44.9	59.9
Theft of car parts	0	0	14.8
Theft from the person and on transport	2	2	22.5
Theft from businesses	18	18.4	30.9
Other theft	115	117.4	103.7
Theft from hauliers and banks, of livestock, machinery and other theft without violence.
Drugs
Drug dealing (small scale)	143	146	82.3
State-level drug offences (narcomenudeo); federal drug crimes are not in this file.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	194	198.1	106.3
Threats	274	279.8	110
Home trespass	8	8.2	10.6
Other
Fraud	58	59.2	84.1

Source: SESNSP, updated 26 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (2025)

Homicide	20
Sexual offences	55
Violence	580
Robbery	160
Theft and burglary	204
Drugs	143
Damage and public order	476
Other	58

Source: Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública (SESNSP), incidencia delictiva del fuero común municipal, datos.gob.mx, CC BY 4.0; Fuente: INEGI, Marco Geoestadístico and Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, updated 26 October 2026.