High-impact crime,
first quarter of this year. Green is best, dark red is worst and yellow is in
between.
Mexico’s safest state?
Chiapas, security watchdog says the state pushed
Yucatán out of first place in a ranking of crime statistics
Chiapas has edged out
Yucatán to become Mexico’s safest state, according to Semáforo Delictivo, a
citizens’ security watchdog.
The organization’s
ranking system is based on an analysis of each state’s crime rates compared to
national and historic averages and assigns them a color — green, yellow or red.
Green signifies that rates are within the objectives or that security
strategies are functioning while red means rates are worse than the average and
strategies are not functioning. Yellow is somewhere in between the two.
Chiapas was one of
three states — the others were Yucatán and Durango — that did not have any red
indicators in the latest quarterly ranking.
The report gave the
state green indicators in homicide, kidnapping, extortion, low-scale drug
trafficking, vehicle theft, home and business robbery, assault and femicide.
It was the first time
Chiapas has been ranked as Mexico’s safest state, beating out Yucatán.
For three high-impact
crimes — vehicle theft and home and business robbery — Chiapas ranked
substantially below the national average.
Chiapas’ homicide rate
was 2.6 per 100,000 inhabitants, well below the national average of 5.3.
Colima, on the other hand, was the worst at 21.3 per 100,000.
Semáforo Delictivo
indicators showed that Guerrero, Colima, Baja California, Baja California Sur,
Zacatecas and Veracruz were the states with the highest incidence of
high-impact crimes.
The data coincides with
other recent reports by non-governmental and official agencies including
Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano, INEGI, the Executive Secretariat of the National
Public Security System and the Institute for Economy and Peace.
Interesting because Chiapas I thought was one of Mexico's poorest states. According to liberals in this country among others, everything negative is attributed to poverty and we must give give give even if the giving has reached unpresidented levels and the results remain the same if not worse. Not trying to be political, but just like guns, certain theories are easily disproven in real life.
ReplyDeletethe thing about Chiapas is that i am about 95% sure.. just a good observation, that it has a high indigienous population. They seem to be more respectful. and yes most are poor and dont really own cars , so not much to commit a crime against. Zapatistas are also based in Chiapas.. so that region has a history of not wanting the """ outside materialistic world""".It is not as rowdy as lets say Tijuana,Culiacan,Reynosa,Cancun, Guadalajara which have a history of partying , lively atmosphere. The jungle factor has to do with it i bet. im actually surprised Durango is in green. i know plenty of desmadre that goes on by Villa Union,Vicente Guerrero.
DeleteThe indigenous don't put up with serious crime and have their own solutions to bad behavior...wifebeaters just disappear...remains of thieves fertilize cornfields...drug czars find out they can't swim...posh is sufficient
DeleteThank god Durango and Coahuila have gotten safer, especially Durango. Do you guys know why the Comarca Lagunera region has calmed down lately?
ReplyDeleteDurango at a zero? And Zacatecas higher than Tamaulipas and chihuahua? That's crazy.
ReplyDeleteAfter both damaso arrest Sinaloa is on lock thru Mayo And RCQ. Jalisco is a shit show lol
ReplyDeleteDumb there’s still a lot of fighting in Sinaloa
DeleteSome running for government are getting killed,. Along with activist that want the eco system left alone, and they are saying Chiapas is safe.
ReplyDeleteEl Peinado has Durango under control for El Mayo.
ReplyDeleteShould have used blue instead of green... im color blind to reds and greens lol
ReplyDeleteIn the US, white-dominated urban environments usually have far lower crime rates compared to those dominated by darker-skinned. I'm black American and not affronted by this reality. Does the same correlation hold true in Mexico? Thanks if you want to help my understanding.
ReplyDeleteActually, you're incorrect. Crime rates have nothing to do with race, and everything to do with poverty. I'm a black American, and live in a 95% middle-class black neighborhood. We have almost zero crime.
DeleteAll the states where CJNG "Controls" are in red. Maybe its because they dont control it, rather its in dispute. Maybe, just maybe.
ReplyDeleteIn chiapas the state does most of the killing that doesnt get reported. What does get reported is usually not recorded so there you go. Also go to BestGore.com and look up chiapas. The devil is loose and he has a machete
ReplyDeleteNo money in Chiapas to buy drugs...still strong religious commitment...cartels only use Chiapas for transit, and occasional hideouts...in the past has had strong law and order government in the municipios, not necessarily by the book but approved by the gente.
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