Between 2015 and 2024, more than 300,000 people were killed in Mexico — a death toll equivalent to wiping out the entire population of U.S. cities like Newark or Cincinnati — according to the latest report by the Mexico Peace Index, which tracks violence and key trends shaping peace across the country.
According to the report, the number of homicides in Mexico has nearly doubled over the past decade. In 2015, the national average was 15.1 homicides per 100,000 people; by 2019, that figure had risen to 28.2.
