2Bacalar

Bacalar, Mexico: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 2 out of 10 High crime

2/10 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: 8,148 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	3	7.2	15.8
SESNSP counts investigation files opened by the state prosecutors (carpetas de investigación), not victims.
Femicide	0	0	0.6
Sexual offences
Rape	7	16.8	15.9
Sexual abuse	12	28.7	25.9
Sexual harassment and other sexual offences	8	19.2	21.8
Violence
Intentional assault	62	148.5	123.5
Domestic violence	120	287.4	210.6
Kidnapping	0	0	0.4
Robbery
Street robbery	4	9.6	29.6
Robbery on transport and of hauliers	1	2.4	11.9
Robbery in homes	1	2.4	3.1
Vehicle robbery (carjacking)	2	4.8	30.5
Robbery of businesses	1	2.4	21.4
Other robbery	16	38.3	21.1
Robbery of car parts, banks, livestock, machinery and other robbery with violence.
Extortion	5	12	8.3
Theft and burglary
Burglary	9	21.6	25.8
Vehicle theft	7	16.8	59.9
Theft of car parts	0	0	14.8
Theft from the person and on transport	16	38.3	22.5
Theft from businesses	9	21.6	30.9
Other theft	74	177.2	103.7
Theft from hauliers and banks, of livestock, machinery and other theft without violence.
Drugs
Drug dealing (small scale)	19	45.5	82.3
State-level drug offences (narcomenudeo); federal drug crimes are not in this file.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	153	366.4	106.3
Threats	69	165.3	110
Home trespass	4	9.6	10.6
Other
Fraud	8	19.2	84.1

Source: SESNSP, updated 26 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (2025)

Homicide	3
Sexual offences	27
Violence	182
Robbery	30
Theft and burglary	115
Drugs	19
Damage and public order	226
Other	8

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.