🇲🇽 Tepanco de López — Crime Statistics

Data current as of 2025 SESNSP Incidencia Delictiva Municipal
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Overview

Tepanco de López's overall crime rate of 396.1 per 100K (88 total) is 1.7× below the Puebla average, ranking 50th highest among Puebla's 217 districts. The most reported crime category is theft.

Total Crimes 88 Latest: 2025
Rate per 100K (investigations) 396.1 88 total
Population 22,218

Crime Breakdown by Category

Crime Breakdown by Category
Category Count Rate per 100K Unit
Theft 31 139.5 investigations
Robbery 26 117.0 investigations
Assault 20 90.0 investigations
Sexual Assault 9 40.5 investigations
Homicide 2 9.0 investigations

Source Dataset Categories

Each category above aggregates the following original data from the source dataset:

Homicide

Carpetas de investigación — opened criminal investigation files, NOT incident or victim counts. Each carpeta may cover one or more victims.

  • Homicidio doloso
  • Feminicidio

Note: MOC-B-070: Removed 'Homicidio culposo' (negligent/involuntary). Now ICCS 0101-compliant: intentional homicide (doloso) + feminicide only.

Robbery

Carpetas de investigación for robbery with violence.

Theft

Carpetas de investigación for robbery without violence.

Sexual Assault

Carpetas de investigación for sexual offenses.

  • Violación simple
  • Violación equiparada
  • Abuso sexual
  • Acoso sexual
  • Hostigamiento sexual
Assault

Carpetas de investigación for intentional AND negligent injuries.

  • Lesiones dolosas
  • Lesiones culposas

Note: Includes both intentional (dolosas) and negligent (culposas) injuries. Broader than most countries.

Drug Offenses

Carpetas de investigación — narcomenudeo (small-scale drug dealing)

  • Narcomenudeo

Note: Only covers narcomenudeo (small-scale drug dealing). Large-scale trafficking may be federally prosecuted and not included in state-level data.

Not Tracked

The following source dataset categories are not included in the statistics above:

  • Negligent/involuntary homicide (Homicidio culposo) — Includes traffic deaths — excluded per MOC-B-070 to align with ICCS 0101
  • Kidnapping (extortionate, hostage, express, sexual) (Secuestro (extorsivo, rehén, exprés, sexual)) — Not one of the 6 MOC categories
  • Human trafficking (Trata de personas) — Not one of the 6 MOC categories
  • Extortion (Extorsión) — Not one of the 6 MOC categories
  • Threats (Amenazas) — Not one of the 6 MOC categories
  • Fraud (Fraude) — Financial crime — not mapped
  • Dispossession / forced eviction (Despojo) — Not one of the 6 MOC categories
  • Property damage (Daño a la propiedad) — Vandalism — not mapped
  • Domestic violence (Violencia familiar) — Not one of the 6 MOC categories
  • Gender-based violence (non-domestic) (Violencia de género distinta a la violencia familiar) — Not one of the 6 MOC categories
  • Other common jurisdiction crimes (Otros delitos del fuero común) — Catch-all residual — not mappable

Not all crime types from the source dataset are included in the categories above. Only the categories listed are tracked.

Nearby Areas

Esperanza2,377.1 /100K351 totalSan Miguel Xoxtla1,789.6 /100K223 totalMazapiltepec de Juárez1,479.8 /100K47 totalCoronango1,276.8 /100K598 totalAmozoc1,205.2 /100K1,517 totalPuebla1,135.9 /100K19,221 totalSan Andrés Cholula1,093.6 /100K1,689 totalSan Salvador Huixcolotla1,084.0 /100K182 totalSan Martín Texmelucan1,051.1 /100K1,637 totalCuautlancingo935.0 /100K1,285 totalAtlixco848.4 /100K1,203 totalOriental803.9 /100K160 total

Data Disclaimer

Source: SESNSP Incidencia Delictiva Municipal Licensed under Datos Abiertos de México (CC BY 4.0).

Data may be delayed by up to 2 months from the reporting period.

Coverage: Carpetas de investigación (opened investigations). ENVIPE estimates ~7% reporting rate.

https://www.gob.mx/sesnsp/acciones-y-programas/datos-abiertos-de-incidencia-delictiva

Data Quality Notes

  • 🔴 CriticalEstimated 93% underreporting (7% reporting rate)Display prominently: 'Only ~7% of crimes in Mexico are formally reported.' Homicide has higher reporting (~70-90%) than property crimes.
  • 🔴 CriticalData counts opened investigations, not incidents or victimsDisplay counting unit as 'investigations' in the UI, not 'incidents'.
  • ⚠️ WarningAssault includes negligent injuries (culposas)Note: 'Includes negligent/accidental injuries.'
ℹ️ Note (2)
  • Homicide aligned to ICCS 0101 (MOC-B-070)No special note needed; definition now matches ICCS standard.
  • Population data from 2020 census used for 2025 crime dataNote in UI: 'Rates based on 2020 population estimates.'
Cite This Data

Use the following citation when referencing this data:

APA Map of Crimes. (2025). Tepanco de López — Crime Statistics. Retrieved April 15, 2026, from https://mapofcrimes.com/en/crime/mexico/puebla/tepanco-de-lopez/