Country vs country: Crime Stats: compare key data on Colombia & Mexico and Crime Stats: compare key data on Colombia & Mexico compared Crime

STAT Colombia Mexico HISTORY
Age of criminal responsibility 18
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Mexico
6
Ranked 57th.
Assault rate 63.4
Ranked 53th.
223.5
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than Colombia
Crime levels 66.88
Ranked 20th. 17% more than Mexico
57.18
Ranked 28th.
Drugs > Annual cannabis use 2.3%
Ranked 19th. 92% more than Mexico
1.2%
Ranked 1st.
Drugs > Opiates use 0.1%
Ranked 22nd. The same as Mexico
0.1%
Ranked 9th.
Murder rate 35 15
Rape rate 6.8
Ranked 26th.
13.2
Ranked 18th. 94% more than Colombia

Suicide rates > Suicide rate (both sexes) 4.9
Ranked 4th. 23% more than Mexico
4
Ranked 12th.
Total crimes 214,192
Ranked 36th.
1.52 million
Ranked 12th. 7 times more than Colombia
Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents 5.9
Ranked 87th.
15
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than Colombia
Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate 34
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Mexico
15
Ranked 1st.

Violent crime > Murder rate 15,459
Ranked 4th.
25,757
Ranked 2nd. 67% more than Colombia

Violent crime > Murder rate per million people 332.85
Ranked 10th. 52% more than Mexico
218.49
Ranked 17th.

Violent crime > Rapes 3,149
Ranked 10th.
14,993
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Colombia

Violent crime > Rapes per million people 67.8
Ranked 28th.
127.18
Ranked 18th. 88% more than Colombia

Total crimes per 1000 5.2
Ranked 67th.
14.21
Ranked 46th. 3 times more than Colombia
Murders with firearms per million 531.29
Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Mexico
24.42
Ranked 12th.
Violent crime > Murders per million people 332.85
Ranked 10th. 52% more than Mexico
218.49
Ranked 17th.

Violent crime > Murders 15,459
Ranked 4th.
25,757
Ranked 2nd. 67% more than Colombia

Burglaries 33.6
Ranked 8th. 63% more than Mexico
20.6
Ranked 46th.
Robberies 61.7
Ranked 6th.
504.7
Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Colombia
Believes crime increasing in the past 3 years 52.5
Ranked 76th.
70.68
Ranked 31st. 35% more than Colombia
Fear of crime > Violent hate crime 23.68
Ranked 58th. 37% more than Mexico
17.26
Ranked 78th.
Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > At night 25
Ranked 78th.
38.67
Ranked 66th. 55% more than Colombia
Murders > Per 100,000 people 61.1
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Mexico
11.3
Ranked 43th.
Murders with firearms 21,898
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Mexico
2,606
Ranked 6th.
Prisoners 54,034 prisoners
Ranked 30th.
172,888 prisoners
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Colombia
Assaults 63.4
Ranked 6th.
223.5
Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Colombia
Punishment > Maximum length of sentence 60 years 60 years (70 years if convicted of murder involving kidnapping)
Auto theft 83.3
Ranked 3rd.
136.8
Ranked 22nd. 64% more than Colombia
Perceived problems > Problem violent crimes including assault and armed robbery 67.68
Ranked 17th. 23% more than Mexico
54.87
Ranked 28th.
Murders > WHO 45.5
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Mexico
10.9
Ranked 60th.
Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > During the day 60.12
Ranked 75th.
69.4
Ranked 68th. 15% more than Colombia

Serious assault rate 0.2
Ranked 71st.
160.4
Ranked 7th. 802 times more than Colombia
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force March 4, 1982 January 25, 1980<br>May 21, 2001
Drugs > Lifetime cannabis use 10.8%
Ranked 2nd. 38% more than Mexico
7.8%
Ranked 2nd.
Prisoners > Per capita 126 per 100,000 people
Ranked 69th.
169 per 100,000 people
Ranked 50th. 34% more than Colombia
Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence No life imprisonment sentence No life imprisonment sentence
Fear of crime > Worries about being attacked 55.13
Ranked 21st. 27% more than Mexico
43.55
Ranked 37th.
Suicide rates > Suicide rate (males) 7.9
Ranked 4th. 16% more than Mexico
6.8
Ranked 10th.
Software piracy rate 58%
Ranked 60th.
61%
Ranked 53th. 5% more than Colombia
Perceived problems > Property crimes including vandalism and theft 58.33
Ranked 26th.
60.19
Ranked 23th. 3% more than Colombia
Perceived problems > Illegal drugs 64.63
Ranked 17th. 19% more than Mexico
54.1
Ranked 28th.
Suicide rates > Suicide rate (females 2
Ranked 4th. 54% more than Mexico
1.3
Ranked 13th.
Perceived problems > Problem corruption and bribery 76.39
Ranked 38th.
78.32
Ranked 34th. 3% more than Colombia
Punishment > Minimum life sentence to serve before eligibility for requesting parole Varies, depending on sentence Varies, depending on sentence
Fear of crime > Worries about being insulted 49.38
Ranked 24th. 58% more than Mexico
31.18
Ranked 67th.
Fear of crime > Worries about being mugged or robbed 71.88
Ranked 12th. 36% more than Mexico
52.89
Ranked 32nd.
Illicit drugs illicit producer of coca, opium poppy, and cannabis; world's leading coca cultivator with 167,000 hectares in coca cultivation in 2007, a 6% increase over 2006, producing a potential of 535 metric tons of pure cocaine; the world's largest producer of coca derivatives; supplies cocaine to most of the US market and the great majority of other international drug markets; in 2007, aerial eradication dispensed herbicide to treat over 153,000 hectares with another 67,000 hectares manually eradicated, but aggressive replanting on the part of coca growers means Colombia remains a key producer; a significant portion of non-US narcotics proceeds are either laundered or invested in Colombia through the black market peso exchange; important supplier of heroin to the US market; opium poppy cultivation is estimated to have fallen 25% between 2006 and 2007 with a corresponding estimated 27% decline in the yield of pure heroin to 1.9 metric tons major drug-producing nation; cultivation of opium poppy in 2007 rose to 6,900 hectares yielding a potential production of 18 metric tons of pure heroin, or 50 metric tons of "black tar" heroin, the dominant form of Mexican heroin in the western United States; marijuana cultivation increased to 8,900 hectares in 2007 and yielded a potential production of 15,800 metric tons; government conducts the largest independent illicit-crop eradication program in the world; continues as the primary transshipment country for US-bound cocaine from South America, with an estimated 90% of annual cocaine movements toward the US stopping in Mexico; major drug syndicates control the majority of drug trafficking throughout the country; producer and distributor of ecstasy; significant money-laundering center; major supplier of heroin and largest foreign supplier of marijuana and methamphetamine to the US market
Frauds 1,229
Ranked 50th.
61,970
Ranked 9th. 50 times more than Colombia
Prisoners per 1000 1.31 prisoners
Ranked 66th.
1.62 prisoners
Ranked 53th. 24% more than Colombia
Murders committed by youths 12,834
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Mexico
5,991
Ranked 5th.
Punishment > Crimes requiring mandatory sentence No life imprisonment sentence No life imprisonment sentence
Drug related crime 53
Ranked 6th. 2% more than Mexico
52
Ranked 30th.
Judges 10%
Ranked 4th. 13 times more than Mexico
0.8%
Ranked 13th.
Fear of crime > Worries about home break and enter 54.27
Ranked 28th. 5% more than Mexico
51.46
Ranked 33th.
Prisoners > Female 6.1%
Ranked 26th. 39% more than Mexico
4.4%
Ranked 59th.
Punishment > Life sentence under the age of 18 or 21 ?? ??
Acquitted 18,971
Ranked 13th.
19,143
Ranked 12th. 1% more than Colombia
Punishment > Has life imprisonment No No (exception of Chihuahua)
Car thefts 33,135
Ranked 17th.
141,007
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Colombia
Car thefts per 1000 0.804
Ranked 38th.
1.32
Ranked 27th. 64% more than Colombia
Murders committed by youths per million 327.11
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Mexico
58.55
Ranked 8th.
Fear of crime > Worries about things from car being stolen 63.89
Ranked 24th. 4% more than Mexico
61.23
Ranked 30th.
Punishment > Has indefinite sentence No No
Prosecutors 44.9%
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Mexico
2.7%
Ranked 36th.

Fear of crime > Worries about car being stolen 57.24
Ranked 20th. 14% more than Mexico
50.4
Ranked 31st.
Acquitted per 1000 0.46
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Mexico
0.179
Ranked 35th.
Jails 168
Ranked 17th.
448
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Colombia
Murders committed by youths per capita 84.4
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Mexico
15.3
Ranked 9th.
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 0.6%
Ranked 75th.
0.9%
Ranked 70th. 50% more than Colombia
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 136.5%
Ranked 45th. 10% more than Mexico
123.6%
Ranked 56th.
Frauds per 1000 0.0298
Ranked 77th.
0.581
Ranked 34th. 19 times more than Colombia
Jails per million 4.08
Ranked 40th.
4.2
Ranked 37th. 3% more than Colombia
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 41.1%
Ranked 45th. 9 times more than Mexico
4.6%
Ranked 135th.
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 0.0
Ranked 133th.
4
Ranked 90th.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed September 14, 1979 May 4, 1978<br>November 13, 1997
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines per million 0.0
Ranked 131st.
0.0375
Ranked 111th.
% of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 12.97%
Ranked 4th. 77% more than Mexico
7.34%
Ranked 7th.
Property crime > Losses due to theft, robbery, vandalism, and arson > % sales 0.3%
Ranked 30th.
1.4%
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Colombia

Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights 37.76%
Ranked 14th.
63.57%
Ranked 7th. 68% more than Colombia
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 2.64%
Ranked 17th.
17.84%
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Colombia
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 1.57%
Ranked 7th. 13 times more than Mexico
0.12%
Ranked 20th.

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