Data Item | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Homicides per 100,000 | 50.71 | 58.14 | 45.21 | 40.65 | 44.74 | 61.47 | 60.18 | 60.26 | 59.17 | 67.04 | 51.49 | 45.30 | 45.64 | 44.76 | 47.60 | 49.68 | 50.62 | 50.64 | 49.27 | 48.09 | 44.52 | 43.09 | 37.87 | 37.20 | 35.52 | 33.72 | 32.46 | 30.91 | 33.08 | 31.95 | 29.24 | 25.26 | 21.68 | 21.82 | 19.80 | 19.19 | 19.51 | 19.12 | 9.86 | 17.52 | 15.59 | 14.45 | 13.12 | 13.97 | 14.82 | 15.68 | 16.53 | 17.39 | 18.24 | 18.29 | 18.45 | 19.11 | 18.15 | 17.18 | 20.20 | 21.07 | 20.44 | 19.40 | 19.29 | 17.84 | 18.26 | 19.64 | 18.63 | 18.06 | 17.48 | 15.95 | 14.65 | 14.51 | 12.79 | 11.03 | 10.40 | 10.05 | 9.90 | 9.03 | 9.46 | 9.83 | 8.22 | 12.81 | 17.87 | 22.93 | 23.91 | 22.52 | 19.74 | 16.70 | 17.20 | 20.10 | 26.00 | 29.00 |
This data illustrates the falling rate of homicides in Mexico over the past 85 years despite the news headlines to the contrary.
Source: Steven Pinker (1931-2013) and the Wall Street Journal (2014-2018). Source: wsj.com