April 2020 marked the largest monthly drop in Mexico’s reported investigation files
The official SESNSP series tracks 413,952 state-level observations by offense type from January 2015 through December 2025.
Current verified finding
Between Jan 2015 and Dec 2025, the series increased 17% (129,151 → 151,055). The largest point-to-point change was −51,581, from Mar 2020 to Apr 2020.
Evidence
April 2020 marked the largest monthly drop in Mexico’s reported investigation files
The finding preserves the reviewed data even when the source publishes an update.
Snapshot technical details
Query fingerprint: sigev_b5cc89bc28c51 · The text, result, and records remain fixed to this review.
How we calculated it
We sum monthly investigation files across all states and mutually classified modalities in the official state file. We retain category, offense type, subtype, modality, and state for inspection of the underlying records.
413,952 rows match the query; 132 results remain in the summary.
What it means and what it does not
These are investigation files for alleged offences recorded by prosecutors, not a population rate or a direct measure of victimization. The 2020 drop coincides with extraordinary restrictions and may reflect changes in mobility, reporting, or recording.
Validated against the official monthly SESNSP state CSV on datos.gob.mx.
Verification
Records within the query
Records preserved in the editorial snapshot, using the same filters and partition as the chart.
| Period | Reported incidents | Geography level | Category | Modality | Year | Month | Geography code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2015 | 22 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | April | 01 |
| Aug 2015 | 40 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | August | 01 |
| Dec 2015 | 26 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | December | 01 |
| Jan 2015 | 41 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | January | 01 |
| Feb 2015 | 33 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | February | 01 |
| Jul 2015 | 30 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | July | 01 |
| Jun 2015 | 43 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | June | 01 |
| Mar 2015 | 31 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | March | 01 |
| May 2015 | 36 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | May | 01 |
| Nov 2015 | 43 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | November | 01 |
| Oct 2015 | 34 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | October | 01 |
| Sep 2015 | 40 | state | El patrimonio | Abuso de confianza | 2015 | September | 01 |