3Chapala

Chapala, Mexico: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 3 out of 10 Above average crime

3/10 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: 6,265 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	2	3.6	15.8
SESNSP counts investigation files opened by the state prosecutors (carpetas de investigación), not victims.
Femicide	0	0	0.6
Sexual offences
Rape	4	7.2	15.9
Sexual abuse	36	65.2	25.9
Sexual harassment and other sexual offences	4	7.2	21.8
Violence
Intentional assault	93	168.5	123.5
Domestic violence	53	96	210.6
Kidnapping	0	0	0.4
Robbery
Street robbery	13	23.6	29.6
Robbery on transport and of hauliers	2	3.6	11.9
Robbery in homes	3	5.4	3.1
Vehicle robbery (carjacking)	10	18.1	30.5
Robbery of businesses	8	14.5	21.4
Other robbery	4	7.2	21.1
Robbery of car parts, banks, livestock, machinery and other robbery with violence.
Extortion	3	5.4	8.3
Theft and burglary
Burglary	29	52.5	25.8
Vehicle theft	23	41.7	59.9
Theft of car parts	6	10.9	14.8
Theft from the person and on transport	12	21.7	22.5
Theft from businesses	29	52.5	30.9
Other theft	62	112.3	103.7
Theft from hauliers and banks, of livestock, machinery and other theft without violence.
Drugs
Drug dealing (small scale)	6	10.9	82.3
State-level drug offences (narcomenudeo); federal drug crimes are not in this file.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	30	54.4	106.3
Threats	88	159.4	110
Home trespass	4	7.2	10.6
Other
Fraud	118	213.8	84.1

Source: SESNSP, updated 26 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (2025)

Homicide	2
Sexual offences	44
Violence	146
Robbery	43
Theft and burglary	161
Drugs	6
Damage and public order	122
Other	118

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.