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

STAT Mexico United States HISTORY
Age of criminal responsibility 6
Ranked 57th. The same as United States 		6
Ranked 58th.
Crime levels 57.18
Ranked 28th. 2% more than United States 		55.84
Ranked 30th.
Drugs > Annual cannabis use 1.2%
Ranked 1st. 		13.7%
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Mexico
Drugs > Opiates use 0.1%
Ranked 9th. 		0.57%
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Mexico
Murder rate 15 5
Murders with firearms per million 24.42
Ranked 12th. 		32.57
Ranked 10th. 33% more than Mexico
Rape rate 13.2
Ranked 18th. 		27.3
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Mexico
Total crimes 1.52 million
Ranked 12th. 		11.88 million
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Mexico
Total crimes per 1000 14.21
Ranked 46th. 		41.29
Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Mexico
Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents 15
Ranked 40th. 		88.8
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Mexico
Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate 15
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States 		4.7
Ranked 7th.
Violent crime > Murder rate 25,757
Ranked 2nd. 98% more than United States 		12,996
Ranked 9th.
Violent crime > Murder rate per million people 218.49
Ranked 17th. 5 times more than United States 		42.01
Ranked 43th.
Violent crime > Rapes 14,993
Ranked 4th. 		84,767
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Mexico
Violent crime > Rapes per million people 127.18
Ranked 18th. 		274.04
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Mexico
Violent crime > Murders per million people 218.49
Ranked 17th. 5 times more than United States 		42.01
Ranked 43th.
Violent crime > Murders 25,757
Ranked 2nd. 98% more than United States 		12,996
Ranked 9th.
Burglaries 20.6
Ranked 46th. 		714.4
Ranked 9th. 35 times more than Mexico
Robberies 504.7
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than United States 		146.4
Ranked 10th.
Believes crime increasing in the past 3 years 70.68
Ranked 31st. 8% more than United States 		65.22
Ranked 44th.
Fear of crime > Violent hate crime 17.26
Ranked 78th. 		32.55
Ranked 31st. 89% more than Mexico
Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > At night 38.67
Ranked 66th. 		41.84
Ranked 60th. 8% more than Mexico
Murders > Per 100,000 people 11.3
Ranked 43th. 92% more than United States 		5.9
Ranked 63th.
Murders with firearms 2,606
Ranked 6th. 		9,369
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Mexico
International Court of Justice > Current composition > Term End 2015 2015
Prisoners 172,888 prisoners
Ranked 9th. 		2.02 million prisoners
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Mexico
Assaults 223.5
Ranked 20th. 		786.7
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Mexico
Punishment > Maximum length of sentence 60 years (70 years if convicted of murder involving kidnapping) None
Auto theft 136.8
Ranked 22nd. 		390.2
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Mexico
Perceived problems > Problem violent crimes including assault and armed robbery 54.87
Ranked 28th. 		75.54
Ranked 10th. 38% more than Mexico
Murders > WHO 10.9
Ranked 60th. 95% more than United States 		5.6
Ranked 88th.
Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > During the day 69.4
Ranked 68th. 		75.24
Ranked 57th. 8% more than Mexico
Drugs > Lifetime cannabis use 7.8%
Ranked 2nd. 		51.6%
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Mexico
Prisoners > Per capita 169 per 100,000 people
Ranked 50th. 		715 per 100,000 people
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Mexico
Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence No life imprisonment sentence Varies by state
Fear of crime > Worries about being attacked 43.55
Ranked 37th. 3% more than United States 		42.08
Ranked 43th.
Software piracy rate 61%
Ranked 53th. 3 times more than United States 		20%
Ranked 106th.
Perceived problems > Property crimes including vandalism and theft 60.19
Ranked 23th. 4% more than United States 		57.93
Ranked 28th.
Drug offences 23,588 per 100,000 people
Ranked 12th. 42 times more than United States 		560.1 per 100,000 people
Ranked 41st.
Perceived problems > Illegal drugs 54.1
Ranked 28th. 		61.82
Ranked 19th. 14% more than Mexico
Perceived problems > Problem corruption and bribery 78.32
Ranked 34th. 84% more than United States 		42.45
Ranked 69th.
Punishment > Minimum life sentence to serve before eligibility for requesting parole Varies, depending on sentence 15 years minimum to infinite, or never (depending on crime and state)
Fear of crime > Worries about being insulted 31.18
Ranked 67th. 		44.84
Ranked 33th. 44% more than Mexico
Fear of crime > Worries about being mugged or robbed 52.89
Ranked 32nd. 18% more than United States 		45.01
Ranked 47th.
Illicit drugs 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 world's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center
Frauds 61,970
Ranked 9th. 		371,800
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Mexico
Gun ownership > Guns per 100 residents > 2007 15
Ranked 19th. 		88.8
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Mexico
Serious assaults 160.4
Ranked 3rd. 		281.6
Ranked 1st. 76% more than Mexico
Prisoners per 1000 1.62 prisoners
Ranked 53th. 		7.02 prisoners
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Mexico
Murders committed by youths 5,991
Ranked 5th. 		8,226
Ranked 3rd. 37% more than Mexico
Punishment > Crimes requiring mandatory sentence No life imprisonment sentence Varies by state
Judges 0.8%
Ranked 13th. 		10.8%
Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Mexico
Fear of crime > Worries about home break and enter 51.46
Ranked 33th. 6% more than United States 		48.52
Ranked 39th.
Drugs > HIV testing amongst drug users 35.38%
Ranked 31st. 		46.8%
Ranked 12th. 32% more than Mexico
Prisoners > Female 4.4%
Ranked 59th. 		8.5%
Ranked 9th. 93% more than Mexico
Punishment > Life sentence under the age of 18 or 21 ?? Yes ( de jure )
Punishment > Has life imprisonment No (exception of Chihuahua) Yes
Car thefts 141,007
Ranked 6th. 		1.25 million
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Mexico
Car thefts per 1000 1.32
Ranked 27th. 		4.33
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Mexico
Murders committed by youths per million 58.55
Ranked 8th. 99% more than United States 		29.48
Ranked 16th.
Fear of crime > Worries about things from car being stolen 61.23
Ranked 30th. 4% more than United States 		59.02
Ranked 33th.
Punishment > Has indefinite sentence No Yes
Adults prosecuted 37,615
Ranked 27th. 		14.2 million
Ranked 1st. 378 times more than Mexico
Prosecutors 2.7%
Ranked 36th. 		8.8%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Mexico
Fear of crime > Worries about car being stolen 50.4
Ranked 31st. 20% more than United States 		42.04
Ranked 45th.
Jails 448
Ranked 10th. 		1,558
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Mexico
Murders committed by youths per capita 15.3
Ranked 9th. 39% more than United States 		11
Ranked 14th.
Adults prosecuted per 1000 0.352
Ranked 42nd. 		49.38
Ranked 2nd. 140 times more than Mexico
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 0.9%
Ranked 70th. 80% more than United States 		0.5%
Ranked 77th.
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 123.6%
Ranked 56th. 		0.0
Ranked 126th.
Frauds per 1000 0.581
Ranked 34th. 		1.29
Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Mexico
Jails per million 4.2
Ranked 37th. 		5.42
Ranked 24th. 29% more than Mexico
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 4.6%
Ranked 135th. 		20%
Ranked 106th. 4 times more than Mexico

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