Morelos closed its third consecutive month among the seven states with the highest number of intentional homicides in Mexico. The state ranked seventh nationwide, accounting for 5.3 percent of the cases recorded in the country.
The head of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), Marcela Figueroa Franco, presented an update on the violence figures through August 2026. The official report was released during President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s morning press conference this Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
618 Homicides Recorded in the State So Far in 2026
Seven states in the Republic accounted for 49.3 percent of the intentional homicides reported throughout Mexican territory. The list is headed by Guanajuato with 8.5 percent, followed by Baja California with 8.4 percent, Chihuahua with 8 percent, Sinaloa with 7.5 percent, the State of Mexico with 6.1 percent, Guerrero with 5.6 percent, and Morelos with 5.3 percent.
In net figures, the state of Morelos accumulated 618 intentional homicides during the period analyzed by federal authorities. Despite remaining among the priority group, Morelos recorded a 17.7 percent decrease in the daily average of this crime when comparing the January-August 2025 period with the same period in 2026.
Daily Average of Homicides Falls 53% Nationwide
The SESNSP reported a 53 percent decrease in the daily average of intentional homicides nationwide compared with the figures from 2015. August 2026 became the period with the lowest number of violent deaths recorded in the last 11 years, with an average of 46 victims per day across the country.
Authorities reported that the national daily rate stands at 40.8 cases, compared with the 86.9 cases recorded in September 2024. High-impact crimes decreased by 39 percent nationwide.
Vehicle theft decreased 54 percent in its daily average, while extortion kidnapping declined 26.3 percent and violent robberies fell 16.3 percent. The federal government reported the arrest of 67,253 people allegedly responsible for generating violence from October 1, 2024, through August 31, 2026.
As part of Operation Enjambre, security forces arrested 111 public servants, including the former mayors of Atlatlahucan and Cuautla, Agustín “N” and Jesús “N.”
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