Quote Originally Posted by Skav View Post
Totally safe! I speak Spanish, so that probably a factor, but I've never had a single problem in cancun. We took the whole family last year, and plan to do it again next year.

Now Baja... Not so much. I love Baja, and we would go the San Felipe or Ensenada with the family 10-12 years ago, but it's changed. I ride bikes down there with my oldest son, but probably wouldn't bring the whole family.
The border towns would definitely be a concern (San felipe, Ensenada, Tijuana etc), but Cabo is one of the safest places in Mexico. A lot safer than Cancun.

From a Forbes Magazine article;

"Acapulco. According to Stratfor this is the most violent city in Mexico and the second-most city in the world after San Pedro de Sula, Honduras. It suffered 143 murders per 100,000 people in 2012.

Cancun. Stratfor says that both drugs and people are commonly trafficked through Cancun’s port. In Playa del Carmen, in Quintana Roo state like Cancun, two policemen in February allegedly sexually assaulted an Italian citizen.

Mazatlan. This has been “perhaps the most consistently violent of Mexico’s resort cities during the past year,” says Stratfor. The violence may be abating, however. There were “only” 47 homicides there in 2012, after 214 in 2011. In nearby Concordia last December 30 gunmen are said to have executed nine people.

Puerto Vallarta. Safer than Acapulco or Mazatlan, says Stratfor, but there’s still a real need for tourists to exercise “situational awareness.” In February 2012 when 22 tourists ventured off of their Carnival Cruise Lines ship for a stroll around El Nogalito, near Puerto Vallarta, they were held up and robbed.

Cabo San Lucas. According to Stratfor, Cabo, on the tip of Baja, is “one of the safer places in Mexico for foreign tourists.”

Matamoros. Just over the Texas border on the Gulf of Mexico, Matamoros has seen an increase in robberies and kidnappings, with the U.S. consulate there posting two travel advisories on kidnapping threats in recent months."