Fraud Crime Incidence in San Luis Potosí Soars 42.5 Percent Between 2023 and 2025
The incidence of fraud in San Luis Potosí increased by 42.5 percent between 2023 and 2025, rising from 6,664 to 9,495 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the National Survey of Victimization and Perception of Public Security (ENVIPE), published by INEGI.
According to the study, while in 2023 the rate of this crime was 6,664 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, in 2024 it rose to 8,854, representing an increase of 32.8 percent, and in 2025 it reached 9,495, with an additional increase of 7.2 percent. With these figures, the state surpassed the national average of 8,290 cases and consolidated an upward trend that had not been recorded in previous years.
San Luis Potosí in the National Top 10
With a rate of 9,495 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, San Luis Potosí ranked seventh nationwide among the states with the highest incidence of fraud. According to ENVIPE 2026 data, Mexico City leads the national ranking with 15,065 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Quintana Roo with 12,886 and Nuevo León with 11,503, which rank second and third, respectively.
Querétaro ranks fourth with 11,183 cases, while Yucatán records 9,894 cases in fifth place. Chihuahua ranks sixth with 9,576 cases, meaning San Luis Potosí, with 9,495 cases, occupies seventh place nationwide. Below San Luis Potosí are Sonora with 8,872 cases, Baja California with 8,332, and Aguascalientes with 8,273, completing the top 10 states with the highest incidence of fraud in the country.
What Does the Crime of Fraud Include According to ENVIPE?
The agency explained that the crime of fraud includes both bank fraud, understood as counterfeit money or the use of a checkbook, card number, or bank account to make charges or withdraw money, as well as consumer fraud, which refers to giving money for a product or service that was not received as agreed. This measurement covers both fraud committed in person and digital fraud, which has shown accelerated growth over the past two years.
Other Crimes Committed in San Luis Potosí
After fraud, the second crime with the highest incidence in San Luis Potosí is extortion, with a rate of 6,237 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, a figure slightly below the national average of 6,831. In third place is robbery or assault on the street or on public transportation, with 5,312 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with a national average of 5,641.
In fourth place are verbal threats, with 4,229 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, while the national average is 4,768. Total or partial vehicle theft recorded 3,156 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the state, a figure higher than the national average of 3,022.
Below these are home burglary, with 1,481 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, practically the same as the national average of 1,482, as well as assault causing injuries, with 1,193 cases compared with 1,456 nationwide. Finally, theft in forms other than those mentioned above, which includes pickpocketing and livestock theft, among others, recorded 577 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in San Luis Potosí, compared with 753 nationwide.
Increase Linked to Digital Fraud
Specialists highlight that the rise in fraud is mainly associated with the increase in digital fraud, identity theft, fake sales on online platforms, and bank fraud linked to the use of cards. The phenomenon has accelerated with the digitalization of payments and impersonation through telephone calls and messages, where more reports have been filed involving older adults as the main victims.
Underreporting and ENVIPE Measurement
ENVIPE is conducted annually and aims to measure victimization and estimate the number of people affected, the number of crimes, and the number that go unreported. It also measures perceptions of security in the places where people live and the level of trust in institutions.
Source: planoinformativo
