If you are a woman

 Is Mexico City Safe For Solo Female Travellers?

The short answer is, yes, it is. 

But please, use your common sense, CDMX is just like any populated city and if you follow some simple tips, you will be, perfectly.

                                       

CDMX is definitely a place where a woman should tread carefully, however, taking into account some points to some extent logical, you will make your visit an amazing experience.

Apart from taking into account the recommendations I suggested in the section Rough neighborhoods. 

Tips

Avoid Pick Hours

Avoid peak hours, if for any reason you must use the metro or the metrobus, remember that you can use places that are only for women. 

See who goes after you in transport, not only to avoid any theft, but because being alert, is a way to discourage thieves or someone who wants to touch you improperly, if something like this happens, you can do the following:

If you’re in the Metro 

1. If the attack occurs while travelling in the wagon: Operate the safety lever. Then SCT or station personnel will come to help you.

2. If you are on the platform, on the stairs, corridors, turnstiles or any area within the Metro, shout for help and ask for support from the security personnel of the Banking and Industrial Police, the Auxiliary Police and even the station chief.

3. When you receive help, immediately request support from the nearest "Travel Safely" Modules.

 

Metrobus or the Light Rail, RTP and Trolleybus

1. At the next station, request the support of the station’s police to arrest the assailant.

2. Ask to be separated from the aggressor for security and to be supported by the "Safe Travel" modules. 

3. You can also ask the operator (RTP and Trolleybus) to call the police officer in the Quadrant, to arrest the perpetrator and transfer you to the nearest specialized agency.

 

The Modules «Viaje Segura» are located in the stations of the Collective Transport System (STC) Balderas, Hidalgo, Mixcoac, Pantitlán and Tasqueña (itinerant) and have a schedule of service from Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 20:00 hours

Panic Buttons

Mexico City also has panic buttons on streetlights that connect directly to the police. If you push the panic button they instantly know where you are. They can look for you on the CCTV cameras, dispatch police to be with you in a matter of minutes. The police can also communicate with you through a two-way radio. 

Solo female travellers know that there are a lot of factors to feeling safe in Mexico City, or any large city, but the ability to get help quickly if you need it is hugely important.

Keep your embassy and consulate phones and information handy

Embassy of the United States of America

Assistance for U.S. Citizens in Mexico

If possible, please have ready the U.S. citizen’s name, date-of-birth, and passport number.  

Paseo de la Reforma 305
Colonia Cuauhtemoc
06500 Mexico City, Mexico

From Mexico: (55) 5080-2000

https://mx.usembassy.gov/contact/

Anticipation

Check the location where you will be walking and locate safe places, or where you can go quickly in case of an emergency.

 

Check ahead of time and use technology to rule out unnecessary or dangerous stops.

 

Let an acquaintance or relative know your itinerary.

Check out

Check out the misleading promotions, like, the accommodation is 5 minutes from the airport and turns out to be a place near Iztapalapa, with a reputation for imminent danger. Before choosing your accommodation, check the area carefully, I already left you a list of neighborhoods that even locals don’t visit.

But I heard about something bad that happened in Mexico. Is it safe?

 

I’m not saying that tragedies never happen to travelers in Mexico. Yes, it happened, but they’re rare. Far rarer than the public would have you believe. A woman will occasionally die while traveling in Mexico from a car accident, from a drink spiking or poisoning, or from drowning, but these are extremely rare incidents. Just as they are rare in your home country. And being kidnapped by cartels is something that happens in movies not in the real life. (Also, if you google “woman dies in Mexico,” most of the results pertain to botched cosmetic surgeries.)