Overview
- México Evalúa’s 2019–2024 analysis estimates that 93% of crimes are not reported and only 10.58% of reported cases are resolved, yielding an overall 99.23% unreported or unsanctioned.
- The index of unresolved cases among reported crimes reached 89.42% in 2024, indicating that fewer than one in ten complaints achieve a result.
- State disparities are stark: Jalisco (97.80%), Morelos (97.61%), Guerrero (96.59%), Estado de México (96.03%) and Mexico City (96.01%) show the highest unresolved rates, while Michoacán (67.68%), Nayarit (73.07%), Yucatán (74.23%), Puebla (75.81%) and Tlaxcala (85.56%) are lowest.
- Backlogs in fiscalías roughly doubled from about 1.3 million to 2.6 million pending cases between 2019 and 2024, with extensive archivo temporal use and only about 6% of cases reaching prosecution.
- Only 25.9% of security-related emergency calls lead to formal complaints; the report urges easier reporting, stronger investigations, expanded alternative resolutions, and better fiscalía management, noting five states were excluded for data issues.