In the first six months of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s administration, Mexicans’ perception of insecurity rose slightly to 61.9 percent from 61.7 percent previously, according to a report evaluating the first quarter of 2025.
This means that more than six out of every 10 residents aged 18 and over consider their city unsafe. Furthermore, more than half of the population expects violence to remain “just as bad” or “get worse,” revealed the National Urban Public Security Survey (ENSU) published this Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).
Not all is lost: These cities perceive greater security
INEGI is conducting the security perception survey in 91 cities, including the 16 municipalities of Mexico City.
In this sense, it compiles the assessment obtained to determine in which cities people perceive greater insecurity and in which public spaces specifically. For this reason, a classification is made of the worst and best-rated cities in terms of security.
Only one municipality in Mexico City had a low perception of insecurity (Cuartoscuro) (Graciela López Herrera)
The cities with the lowest perception of insecurity are:
San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, with 10.4 percent.
Benito Juárez, Mexico City, 20.4 percent.
Piedras Negras, Coahuila, 20.5 percent.
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 23.0 percent.
Saltillo, Coahuila, 24.5 percent.
Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, 24.7 percent.
Los Mochis, Sinaloa, 25.8 percent.
La Paz, Baja California Sur, 27.8 percent.
San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo León, 28.4 percent.
Tampico, Tamaulipas, 29.7 percent.
Perception of Insecurity in AMLO’s Last Quarter
The INEGI survey indicates that the perception of insecurity shows a slight increase compared to previous quarters. From October to December 2024, the result was 61.7 percent, and from June to September, the last quarter of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration, it was 58.6 percent.
Meanwhile, the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP) of the government stated this Tuesday that there has been a 32.9 percent decrease in the daily incidence of homicides in the first half of President Sheinbaum’s term.
While there was an average of 86.9 murders per day in September, in April there is a preliminary average of 58.3, explained Marcela Figueroa, head of the SESNSP, at the daily press conference at the National Palace.
Source: elfinanciero
