Clara Zepeda
La Jornada newspaper
Wednesday, April 23, 2025, p. 7
Half year after the start of the Government of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the perception of insecurity of Mexicans of 18 years and over, residents in 91 urban areas in Mexico, rose to 61.9 percent in the first quarter of 2025, with more than half of the population with the expectation that violence will continue equally evil
either will worsen
revealed the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).
The urban areas of interest with the highest percentage of people aged 18 and more who considered that living in their city is insecure were Villahermosa, with 90.6 percent; Culiacán, 89.7; Fresnillo, 89.5; Uruapan, 88.7; Irapuato, 88.4, and Chimalhuacán, 86.1.
Through the National Urban Public Security Survey (Ensu) of 2025, the INEGI estimated that the increase in the perception of insecurity was not a statistically significant change, comparing with December 2024 (61.7 percent), but it is the second consecutive quarterly rise, after reaching 56.6 percent in September 2024. In addition, it is the highest data since June perception of insecurity of 62.3 percent.
Last March, 67.5 percent of women and 55 percent of men considered that living in their city was insecure. In the case of them, growth was shown, after the percentage was 54.4, while for them it was 67.8.
The spaces where the population feels more insecure is still the ATMs located on public roads, with 69.1 percent; public transport, 62.8; roads, 56.1, and banks, 53.2.
According to INEGI, 31.6 percent of respondents considered that in the next 12 months the situation of crime and insecurity in their city will remain equally evil; While 22.9 said the situation will get worse. In contrast, 16.9 pointed out that the situation of crime and insecurity in its urban area will remain equally well and 27.5 percent said it will improve.
The Ensu investigates the perception of the population of 18 years and more with respect to the prevention and combating the crime of various public security authorities. In the first quarter of 2025, for the Navy, 87.8 percent attributed a very effective performance; While the Mexican Air Force reached 83.7 and the Army, 83.7. With lower percentages in the perception of a very or some effective performance, the National Guard appeared, with 75.1 percent, the State Police, 55.4, and the Municipal Preventive Police, 48.1.
