How high is the crime rate in Mexico?

Answer 1

Before the Mexican War on Drugs was declared (2006), murder rate was 8 intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. By mid-2016, it has surged to around 20 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants throughout the country. Nowadays, the most dangerous region in Mexico is the Southwest Pacific (between the cities of Manzanillo and Acapulco), where the murder rates range from 46.9 to 78.8, putting the region as dangerous as say, Venezuela or Afghanistan, where the threats of civil war and terrorism are always a possibility.