Think twice.
Numbeo's Safety Index puts Puebla at 42/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Mexico's national picture overall (52/100 vs 54/100).
City page · part of Mexico
The one number a country page can't give you
What people who actually live in Puebla report
Numbeo aggregates thousands of resident-submitted perception surveys into a per-city Crime Index (higher = worse) and its inverse, a Safety Index — the only real city-granularity crime signal feeding this page, alongside Mexico's national advisory, political, health, and police-trust data.
Crime Index
58.0
Safety Index
42.0
Sub-scores
Same real inputs as Mexico's national page, with crime swapped for Puebla's own Numbeo number above.
Local know-how
Staying safe in Puebla, specifically
- • Drink bottled water and be careful with valuables in public.
- • Because of the altitude tours can be quite exhausting.
- • At mealtimes, exercise extreme caution with salads and fruit, or avoid them altogether.
- • You will rarely see locals wearing shorts, doing so will identify you as a tourist. Jeans are generally acceptable, except perhaps in some of the nicer restaurants.
- • If you are staying in a hotel and you want to take a taxi, someone working the front desk will most likely be able to call and arrange for a cab to pick you up, or you can hail one off the s…
- • The radio taxis are the best cabs in appearance and since they are registered they are also the safest, but they tend to charge more: about 10 pesos more than if you hail one on the street.
Legal status (national law)
Legal since 1871+ UN decl. sign.
Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →Pack this, know this
The little things that trip people up
Plug & voltage
A / B · 120V
Driving side
right
Emergency
police: 911 / ambulance: 911 / fire: 911
Tipping
Tipping in Mexico is similar to the United States. It is usually from 10 to 15%. Meals have a 10% to 15% tip (this includes fast food deliveries). This tip is usually left by most people in restaurants, although it is not so common in street restaurants or stands, where the tenders usually have a can or box where people deposit coins.
Cash vs. Card
The currency of Mexico is the peso, denoted in Mexico as "$" (ISO code MXN) and in Wikivoyage as "M$". It is divided into 100 centavos. Prices in US dollars (in tourist areas) are labeled "US$" or sport an S with a double stroke. Coins are issued in denominations of 5, 10 (steel), 20, and 50 centavos (brass; new 50-centavo coins issued from 2011 onwards are steel and smaller in size) and 1, 2, 5 (
How this compares to Mexico
Numbeo's Safety Index puts Puebla at 42/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Mexico's national picture overall (52/100 vs 54/100).
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