7Zacatelco

Zacatelco, Mexico: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 7 out of 10 Low crime

7/10 in Mexico · 2/10 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: 2,253 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	6	13.1	15.8
SESNSP counts investigation files opened by the state prosecutors (carpetas de investigación), not victims.
Femicide	0	0	0.6
Sexual offences
Rape	2	4.4	15.9
Sexual abuse	1	2.2	25.9
Sexual harassment and other sexual offences	0	0	21.8
Violence
Intentional assault	0	0	123.5
Domestic violence	0	0	210.6
Kidnapping	1	2.2	0.4
Robbery
Street robbery	6	13.1	29.6
Robbery on transport and of hauliers	2	4.4	11.9
Robbery in homes	1	2.2	3.1
Vehicle robbery (carjacking)	18	39.4	30.5
Robbery of businesses	1	2.2	21.4
Other robbery	0	0	21.1
Robbery of car parts, banks, livestock, machinery and other robbery with violence.
Extortion	1	2.2	8.3
Theft and burglary
Burglary	7	15.3	25.8
Vehicle theft	40	87.5	59.9
Theft of car parts	0	0	14.8
Theft from the person and on transport	2	4.4	22.5
Theft from businesses	1	2.2	30.9
Other theft	6	13.1	103.7
Theft from hauliers and banks, of livestock, machinery and other theft without violence.
Drugs
Drug dealing (small scale)	4	8.7	82.3
State-level drug offences (narcomenudeo); federal drug crimes are not in this file.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	3	6.6	106.3
Threats	1	2.2	110
Home trespass	0	0	10.6
Other
Fraud	4	8.7	84.1

Source: SESNSP, updated 26 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (2025)

Homicide	6
Sexual offences	3
Violence	1
Robbery	29
Theft and burglary	56
Drugs	4
Damage and public order	4
Other	4

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.