Overview
- High-impact crimes fell 19% from January 2025 and 68% from 2019, with the daily average declining from 59 to 47 incidents.
- January recorded 61 homicide victims, averaging under two per day, down from 135 in January 2019.
- Since October 5, 2024, authorities have reported 8,822 arrests for high-impact crimes, including 519 in January; prosecutors executed 529 arrest warrants last month and obtained 322 convictions with a 92% success rate.
- Security operations yielded large seizures, including more than 871 kg of marijuana, 159 kg of cocaine, 87 kg of methamphetamine, 1,274 firearms, and over 5,000 vehicles and autoparts.
- Vehicle theft fell 37% year over year and 69% versus 2019, violent vehicle theft dropped 53% and 87% on those baselines, transit passenger robberies declined sharply with zero Metrobús cases in January, and an anti-extortion campaign with local legal changes was announced.