The Justice in Mexico Project serves as a resource for academics, policy makers, non-governmental organizations, and other interested parties by providing access to existing data and statistics on multiple aspects of Mexico’s criminal justice system; in particular, on crime, victimization and criminal behavior.
Indicators on crime and delinquency are notoriously fraught with problems, particularly in Mexico. Government figures are often unrepresentative of the total number of crimes committed. This is can be due to inadequate record-keeping or even political manipulation of statistics by authorities. Under-reporting by victims who may be unwilling or afraid to report to authorities for a variety of reasons also limits the reliability of such figures.
Nonetheless, the rise of crime as an urgent public policy priority is substantiated by government figures and an increasing pool of other indicators developed by international and domestic non-governmental organizations, as well as surveys that account for victimization and perceptions of crime. The links below provide access to a variety of indicators about crime, including data made available by partner institutions and participants of this project.
Database |
Description |
Period |
Source |
File |
| Presuntos Delincuentes, Fuero Federal, Nivel Nacional. | Crime suspects, federal jurisdiction, national level | 1926-2005 | INEGI | Download |
| Presuntos Delincuentes, Fuero Común, Nivel Nacional. | Crime suspects, local jurisdiction, national level | 1926-2005 | INEGI | Download |
| Sentenciados, Fuero Federal, Nivel Nacional. | Convicted Criminals, Federal jurisdiction, National level | 1926-2005 | INEGI | Download |
| Sentenciados, Fuero común, Nivel Nacional. | Convicted Criminals, local jurisdiction, national level | 1926-2005 | INEGI | Download |
| Presuntos delincuentes y sentenciados, Fuero común y federal, Nivel Nacional, Tasa. | Crime suspects and convicted criminals, local and federal jurisdiction, National Level, Per 100,000 Inhabitants | 1926-2005 | INEGI | Download |
| Presuntos delincuentes, fuero común, Nivel Estatal | Crime Suspects, Local jurisdiction, state level | 1930-2005 | INEGI | Download |
| Presuntos delincuentes, fuero común, nivel estatal, promedio por 5 años. | Crime Suspects, Local Jurisdiction, State Level, 5 Year Average. | 1930-2005 | INEGI | Download |
| Sentenciados, fuero común, nivel estatal. | Convicted criminals, local jurisdiction, state level | 1930-2005 | INEGI | Download |
| Sentenciados, fuero común, nivel estatal, promedio por 5 años. | Convicted criminals, local jurisdiction, state level, 5 year average | 1930-2005 | INEGI | Download |
| Presuntos delincuentes, fuero federal, nivel municipal. | Crime suspects, federal jurisdiction, municipal level | 1997-2006 | INEGI | Download |
| Presuntos delincuentes, fuero común, nivel municipal. | Crime suspects, local jurisdiction, municipal level | 1997-2006 | INEGI | Download |
| Sentenciados, fuero federal, nivel municipal | Convicted criminals, federal jurisdiction, municipal level | 1997-2006 | INEGI | Download |
| Sentenciados, fuero común, nivel municipal. | Convicted criminals, local jurisdiction, municipal level | 1997-2006 | INEGI | Download |