During 2024, Sinaloa saw increases of over 50 percent in the number of homicides, according to the Homicide Atlas compiled by México Unido Contra la Delincuencia (MUCD) using definitive data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).
Tabasco experienced the largest increase among all states, registering 830 homicides in 2024, a 204 percent increase compared to 2023—the highest increase observed among the country’s states. Baja California Sur recorded 58 murders, representing an 87 percent annual increase compared to the previous year.
Sinaloa ended the year with 1,002 homicide victims, a 57 percent increase compared to 2023, in a context marked by the dispute between Los Mayos and Los Chapitos for territorial control of the state.
The MUCD report is based on INEGI records, which integrate homicide information from death certificates and records from the Civil Registry and Public Prosecutor’s Offices, allowing for the creation of detailed statistics on variables such as sex, age, and type of weapon used.
At the municipal level, the Atlas confirms a persistent hyperconcentration. Ten or fewer homicides were recorded in 43.4 percent of the country’s municipalities throughout 2024, while just five—Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez, León, Acapulco, and Celaya—accounted for 17 percent of the national total.
Regarding the victims, the average age is similar for men (36) and women (35), but the distribution by age group reveals a critical gap in childhood and adolescence, as girls under 15 years of age represented 3.6 percent of all female victims in 2024, a proportion almost five times higher than that of boys of the same age, which only reached 0.8 percent.
The way in which the homicide occurs also shows gender disparities. Most victims were killed in public places, although women were victims of violence in homes twice as often as men, with 24 percent of cases compared to 11 percent, reinforcing the link between homicide and violence in private spaces.
According to the MUCD report, firearms remained the primary means of aggression. In 2024, they were used in 75 percent of homicides of men and in 63 percent of those of women, while the use of physical force was responsible for 13 percent of the murders of women, double that of men, with six percent.
Source: milenio
