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. 2023 Mar 10;47:e39. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2023.39

TABLE 2. Crime and violence victimization numbers, rate, and unitary costs in 2021.

Event

Number

Rate per 100,000

Unit Cost (MXN $)

Unit Cost (US$)

Homicides

      28,266

      22.4

276,618

13,921

Manslaughter (involuntary)

      15,697

      12.5

276,618

13,921

Funerals

      43,963

      34.9

  29,844

  1,502

Missing persons

       2,968

        2.4

276,618

13,921

Disability from violence related injuries

      87,926

      69.8

  71,626

  3,605

Kidnappings

       4,142

        3.3

  35,813

  1,802

Bank robbery

           212

        0.2

298,440

15,019

Vehicle theft

     172,715

     137.1

  83,563

  4,205

Lifetime cost of rape, for victim

     193,778

     153.8

718,105

36,138

Car accessory theft

     228,618

     181.4

    4,775

     240

Extorsion

     266,700

     211.6

    1,194

      60

Verbal threats

     703,767

     558.5

    2,388

     120

Passerby robbery

     810,392

     643.1

    4,178

     210

Damage to other people’s property

     860,173

     682.6

  10,744

     541

Strikes and physical aggression

     890,201

     706.4

    1,194

      60

Hospital care (average of 6.5 days)

  1,318,890

  1,046.6

107,438

  5,407

Property crimes and business theft

  1,340,701

  1,063.9

  18,503

     931

Fraud

  1,717,498

  1,362.9

  10,744

     541

Other theft (not vehicle, passerby or car accessory)

  1,739,527

  1,380.4

    4,775

     240

Number of homes victims of a crime

10,400,000

  8,253.0

    N/A

  N/A

Emergency department visits

13,188,900

10,466.2

    9,550

     481

Number of victims of crime

21,200,000

16,823.5

    N/A

  N/A

Number of people who spend in private security

32,033,224

25,420.4

    7,656

     385

NOTE: Table prepared by authors based on published data.

The number of persons and homes that are victims of crimes is for reference only.

These do not have a unitary cost per event in the costing model.