Is Nacozari Viejo safe? Mexico travel risk

Regional advisory: The US State Department rates Sonora, where Nacozari Viejo is, Level 3: Reconsider Travel, higher than Mexico overall (Level 2).

Is Nacozari Viejo safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026

Nacozari Viejo scores 65/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Mexico Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 29 May 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 16 Oct 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). The US State Department rates Sonora, where Nacozari Viejo is, Level 3: Reconsider Travel, higher than Mexico overall (Level 2). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. CDC travel health notice: Level 1, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Mexico (23 Dec 2025). No change in government advice in the last 7 days.

Nacozari Viejo scores 65/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Mexico (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Nacozari Viejo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: security (79/100) and crime and scams (79/100).

A score of 65 is higher than 87% of the cities we score.

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