Mexican authorities stated on November 10 that criminal killings (homicidios dolosos) nationwide halved on average between October 2024 and October 2026. The head of the SESNSP, a national intelligence body, Marcela Figueroa Franco, told media in Mexico City that the country had counted an average 43.4 homicides a day at the close of October 2026, about half the average daily number for two years before, Publimetro reported. Just over half these killings were happening in seven of the country's 31 states, with Estado de México (outside the capital) registering 10.6% of all killings for the months January to late October 2026, followed by Guanajuato (8.2%) and Baja California (8.1%), Figueroa said. Speaking at the president's morning press conference, she said other 'high impact crimes' (like violent theft or kidnappings) also fell 36% in the October 2024 to 2026 period. She noted that people were also feeling safer, with just over 58% of all Mexicans feeling unsafe now compared to 63% in late 2025 according to figures from the statistical agency INEGI. The worst year for crime perceptions was 2018, when 76.8% of all Mexicans said they felt unsafe, the website Tiempo reported.
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Mexico City seeks reforms to curb runaway rental prices
The legislature of Mexico City was mulling reforms to tackle the Mexican capital's skyrocketing rental prices rooted in part in its popularity with tourists and travelers.The city Congress began on 7 November to discuss in committees proposals presented by the mayoress Clara Brugada to reform the city's Civil Code and present specific legislation (provisionally the Mexico City Law on Fair, Reasonable and Accessible Rent) to regulate prices, La Jornada reported. The city's chief housing officer, Inti Muñoz Santini told this meeting that Mexico City now had the highest rental prices in Latin America. "It's much more expensive to live in Mexico City than in Bogotá, Buenos Aires or Sao Paulo," the paper quoted him as saying. For example, he said, the flat he rented in 1998 in the leafy Roma Sur neighborhood for 1,500 pesos while earning 7,500 pesos a month would now cost 17,500 pesos (more than 800 euros), which evidently exceeded most wages. Even sale prices had shot up: he said a 40-square-meter flat might typically go for between three and 3.5 million pesos (over 140,000 euros), which "95% of the population cannot afford." Figures compiled by the city's housing departmanent suggested even higher rental and sale prices, with rents in desirable sectors beginning at around 23,000 pesos a month (1,000 euros or more) and sale prices at four million pesos upwards, La Jornada reported on 8 November.