“Mexico’s crime rate rose 16.9 percent in 2012, compared to 2011, with one of every three households affected by crime, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) said. A total of 27.7 million crimes, or 35,139 crimes for every 100,000 inhabitants, were registered last year, the INEGI said.”

Source: Latin American Herald Tribune – Mexico’s Crime Rate Rises 16.9%