| ๐ฒ๐ฝย MEXICO | ๐บ๐ธย USA | |
| Age of criminal responsibility | 6 | 6 |
| Ranked 57th. The same as United States | Ranked 58th. | |
| Crime levels | 57.18 | 55.84 |
| Ranked 28th. 2% more than United States | Ranked 30th. | |
| Drugs > Annual cannabis use | 1.20% | 13.70% |
| Ranked 1st. | Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Mexico | |
| Drugs > Opiates use | 0.10% | 0.57% |
| Ranked 9th. | Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Mexico | |
| Murder rate | 15 | 5 |
| Murders with firearms per million | 24.42 | 32.57 |
| Ranked 12th. | Ranked 10th. 33% more than Mexico | |
| Rape rate | 13.2 | 27.3 |
| Ranked 18th. | Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Mexico | |
| Total crimes | 1.52 million | 11.88 million |
| Ranked 12th. | Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Mexico | |
| Total crimes per 1000 | 14.21 | 41.29 |
| Ranked 46th. | Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Mexico | |
| Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents | 15 | 88.8 |
| Ranked 40th. | Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Mexico | |
| Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate | 15 | 4.7 |
| Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States | Ranked 7th. | |
| Violent crime > Murder rate | 25,757 | 12,996 |
| Ranked 2nd. 98% more than United States | Ranked 9th. | |
| Violent crime > Murder rate per million people | 218.49 | 42.01 |
| Ranked 17th. 5 times more than United States | Ranked 43th. | |
| Violent crime > Rapes | 14,993 | 84,767 |
| Ranked 4th. | Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Mexico | |
| Violent crime > Rapes per million people | 127.18 | 274.04 |
| Ranked 18th. | Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Mexico | |
| Violent crime > Murders per million people | 218.49 | 42.01 |
| Ranked 17th. 5 times more than United States | Ranked 43th. | |
| Violent crime > Murders | 25,757 | 12,996 |
| Ranked 2nd. 98% more than United States | Ranked 9th. | |
| Burglaries | 20.6 | 714.4 |
| Ranked 46th. | Ranked 9th. 35 times more than Mexico | |
| Robberies | 504.7 | 146.4 |
| Ranked 4th. 3 times more than United States | Ranked 10th. | |
| Believes crime increasing in the past 3 years | 70.68 | 65.22 |
| Ranked 31st. 8% more than United States | Ranked 44th. | |
| Fear of crime > Violent hate crime | 17.26 | 32.55 |
| Ranked 78th. | Ranked 31st. 89% more than Mexico | |
| Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > At night | 38.67 | 41.84 |
| Ranked 66th. | Ranked 60th. 8% more than Mexico | |
| Murders > Per 100,000 people | 11.3 | 5.9 |
| Ranked 43th. 92% more than United States | Ranked 63th. | |
| Murders with firearms | 2,606 | 9,369 |
| Ranked 6th. | Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Mexico | |
| International Court of Justice > Current composition > Term End | 2015 | 2015 |
| Prisoners | 172,888 prisoners | 2.02 million prisoners |
| Ranked 9th. | Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Mexico | |
| Assaults | 223.5 | 786.7 |
| Ranked 20th. | 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 | 390.2 |
| Ranked 22nd. | Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Mexico | |
| Perceived problems > Problem violent crimes including assault and armed robbery | 54.87 | 75.54 |
| Ranked 28th. | Ranked 10th. 38% more than Mexico | |
| Murders > WHO | 10.9 | 5.6 |
| Ranked 60th. 95% more than United States | Ranked 88th. | |
| Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > During the day | 69.4 | 75.24 |
| Ranked 68th. | Ranked 57th. 8% more than Mexico | |
| Drugs > Lifetime cannabis use | 7.80% | 51.60% |
| Ranked 2nd. | Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Mexico | |
| Prisoners > Per capita | 169 per 100,000 people | 715 per 100,000 people |
| Ranked 50th. | 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 | 42.08 |
| Ranked 37th. 3% more than United States | Ranked 43th. | |
| Software piracy rate | 61% | 20% |
| Ranked 53th. 3 times more than United States | Ranked 106th. | |
| Perceived problems > Property crimes including vandalism and theft | 60.19 | 57.93 |
| Ranked 23th. 4% more than United States | Ranked 28th. | |
| Drug offences | 23,588 per 100,000 people | 560.1 per 100,000 people |
| Ranked 12th. 42 times more than United States | Ranked 41st. | |
| Perceived problems > Illegal drugs | 54.1 | 61.82 |
| Ranked 28th. | Ranked 19th. 14% more than Mexico | |
| Perceived problems > Problem corruption and bribery | 78.32 | 42.45 |
| Ranked 34th. 84% more than United States | 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 | 44.84 |
| Ranked 67th. | Ranked 33th. 44% more than Mexico | |
| Fear of crime > Worries about being mugged or robbed | 52.89 | 45.01 |
| Ranked 32nd. 18% more than United States | 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 | 371,800 |
| Ranked 9th. | Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Mexico | |
| Gun ownership > Guns per 100 residents > 2007 | 15 | 88.8 |
| Ranked 19th. | Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Mexico | |
| Serious assaults | 160.4 | 281.6 |
| Ranked 3rd. | Ranked 1st. 76% more than Mexico | |
| Prisoners per 1000 | 1.62 prisoners | 7.02 prisoners |
| Ranked 53th. | Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Mexico | |
| Murders committed by youths | 5,991 | 8,226 |
| Ranked 5th. | Ranked 3rd. 37% more than Mexico | |
| Punishment > Crimes requiring mandatory sentence | No life imprisonment sentence | Varies by state |
| Judges | 0.80% | 10.80% |
| Ranked 13th. | Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Mexico | |
| Fear of crime > Worries about home break and enter | 51.46 | 48.52 |
| Ranked 33th. 6% more than United States | Ranked 39th. | |
| Drugs > HIV testing amongst drug users | 35.38% | 46.80% |
| Ranked 31st. | Ranked 12th. 32% more than Mexico | |
| Prisoners > Female | 4.40% | 8.50% |
| Ranked 59th. | 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 | 1.25 million |
| Ranked 6th. | Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Mexico | |
| Car thefts per 1000 | 1.32 | 4.33 |
| Ranked 27th. | Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Mexico | |
| Murders committed by youths per million | 58.55 | 29.48 |
| Ranked 8th. 99% more than United States | Ranked 16th. | |
| Fear of crime > Worries about things from car being stolen | 61.23 | 59.02 |
| Ranked 30th. 4% more than United States | Ranked 33th. | |
| Punishment > Has indefinite sentence | No | Yes |
| Adults prosecuted | 37,615 | 14.2 million |
| Ranked 27th. | Ranked 1st. 378 times more than Mexico | |
| Prosecutors | 2.70% | 8.80% |
| Ranked 36th. | Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Mexico | |
| Fear of crime > Worries about car being stolen | 50.4 | 42.04 |
| Ranked 31st. 20% more than United States | Ranked 45th. | |
| Jails | 448 | 1,558 |
| Ranked 10th. | Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Mexico | |
| Murders committed by youths per capita | 15.3 | 11 |
| Ranked 9th. 39% more than United States | Ranked 14th. | |
| Adults prosecuted per 1000 | 0.352 | 49.38 |
| Ranked 42nd. | Ranked 2nd. 140 times more than Mexico | |
| Prisoners > Foreign prisoners | 0.90% | 0.50% |
| Ranked 70th. 80% more than United States | Ranked 77th. | |
| Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled | 123.60% | 0 |
| Ranked 56th. | Ranked 126th. | |
| Frauds per 1000 | 0.581 | 1.29 |
| Ranked 34th. | Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Mexico | |
| Jails per million | 4.2 | 5.42 |
| Ranked 37th. | Ranked 24th. 29% more than Mexico | |
| Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees | 4.60% | 20% |
| Ranked 135th. | Ranked 106th. 4 times more than Mexico | |
SOURCE >>
https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Mexico/United-States/Crime/table
https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Mexico/United-States/Crime/table