3Centla

Centla, 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: 7,069 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	14	13	15.8
SESNSP counts investigation files opened by the state prosecutors (carpetas de investigación), not victims.
Femicide	1	0.9	0.6
Sexual offences
Rape	9	8.4	15.9
Sexual abuse	10	9.3	25.9
Sexual harassment and other sexual offences	24	22.3	21.8
Violence
Intentional assault	150	139.2	123.5
Domestic violence	270	250.6	210.6
Kidnapping	2	1.9	0.4
Robbery
Street robbery	9	8.4	29.6
Robbery on transport and of hauliers	0	0	11.9
Robbery in homes	2	1.9	3.1
Vehicle robbery (carjacking)	11	10.2	30.5
Robbery of businesses	3	2.8	21.4
Other robbery	30	27.8	21.1
Robbery of car parts, banks, livestock, machinery and other robbery with violence.
Extortion	3	2.8	8.3
Theft and burglary
Burglary	17	15.8	25.8
Vehicle theft	43	39.9	59.9
Theft of car parts	0	0	14.8
Theft from the person and on transport	12	11.1	22.5
Theft from businesses	11	10.2	30.9
Other theft	73	67.8	103.7
Theft from hauliers and banks, of livestock, machinery and other theft without violence.
Drugs
Drug dealing (small scale)	12	11.1	82.3
State-level drug offences (narcomenudeo); federal drug crimes are not in this file.
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	0	0	106.3
Threats	186	172.7	110
Home trespass	12	11.1	10.6
Other
Fraud	38	35.3	84.1

Source: SESNSP, updated 26 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (2025)

Homicide	15
Sexual offences	43
Violence	422
Robbery	58
Theft and burglary	156
Drugs	12
Damage and public order	198
Other	38

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.