Mexico homicide reduction Sheinbaum, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico City): The daily average of intentional homicides in Mexico decreased 50% between September 2024 and October 2026, falling from 86.9 to 43.4 cases, which represents 43 fewer killings each day, according to President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo during her morning press conference.
The president described the reduction as a decisive result and said her administration’s security strategy is working, while acknowledging that efforts to reduce violence in the country must still be maintained.
“Homicides have fallen in a very important way and that is good; the strategy is working,” she said.
Sheinbaum also referred to the trend under previous administrations. She said that between the governments of Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto the daily average of intentional homicides rose from 28.6 to 100 cases, while during the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador there was a 9% reduction.
Marcela Figueroa Franco, executive secretary of the National Public Security System, reported that seven states accounted for 52.5% of intentional homicides recorded between January and October 2026.
The State of Mexico ranked first with 10.6% of the national total, followed by Guanajuato with 8.2%, Baja California with 8.1%, Sinaloa with 7.8%, Chihuahua with 7.5%, Guerrero with 5.4%, and Morelos with 4.9%.
However, comparing the first ten months of 2026 with the same period of 2025, all 32 federal entities recorded a decrease in their daily homicide average. The largest reductions were in San Luis Potosí at 77%, Nayarit at 71.8%, Quintana Roo at 57.7%, Baja California Sur at 54.1%, and Nuevo León at 50.1%.
In other figures, the daily average of high-impact crimes fell 36%, from 636.6 cases in October 2024 to 409.4 in October 2026. Vehicle robbery with violence also declined 52%, from 149.1 to 72.2 cases per day over the same period.
Perception of insecurity stood at 58.1% in the third quarter of 2026, compared with 76.8% recorded in 2018, according to the National Survey of Urban Public Security (ENSU) by INEGI.
As part of the National Strategy Against Extortion, the federal government reported the arrest of 2,395 people for this crime between July 6, 2025 and October 30, 2026.
