The Center for Economic Studies of the Private Sector (CEESP) warns that public insecurity is one of the factors inhibits Mexico’s investment and growth, which will be void and others see it in negative field.
“Within the factors that inhibit investment and growth, the issue of public insecurity stands out,” says the advisory body of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE).
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According to the agency responsible for making economic and financial analysis for companies, the dejection of insecurity is one of the greatest challenges for the country in the future and perhaps the most difficult.
“We have insisted that the necessary condition for the economy to recover is the reactivation of investment, especially private, which is the main engine of growth. However, in what goes from this sexennium the investment shows a clear downward trend,” he says.
According to the Economic Research Institute, in recent years, public insecurity problems have consolidated as one of the main factors that can hinder economic growth.
He adds that the high levels of violence, the strengthening of organized crime, extortion and constant impunity that prevails in the justice system are problems that undermine peace, stability and well -being of society.
“The authorities have insisted on safety advances, but the figures show some favorable results, it is only in the margin. It is still far from a real control of the situation,” says the CEESP.
The National Urban Public Security Survey (Ensu) for the first quarter of this year, INEGI notes that 61.9 percent of the population over 18 considers insecure to live in their city, which represents the highest percentage since the one reported in September 2023 (61.4 percent).
Almost two thirds of the adult population feels insecure, which cannot be considered as an important improvement.
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Based on the results of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System, it can be seen that so far this sexennium until April of this year, the total crimes in the country grew 27.2 percent compared to the same period of the previous six -year term.
In that same period, malicious homicides show an increase of 2.3 percent, 218 percent sexual harassment and extortion 52.5 percent.
Crime trends in Mexico are globally noticeable. According to the report of the Citizen Council for Security and Justice, in the 2025 ranking, five of the most violent cities in the world are in Mexico.
“It is clear that insecurity has high costs, both for companies and homes,” says the CEESP.
He adds that some companies interested in investing in Mexico do not have public insecurity, since they are prepared for their international operations in places where the problem is similar.
The Mexico Peace Index (IPM), prepared by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), shows that in 2024 this indicator had a modest improvement of 0.7 percent, as a result of a better situation in three of the five indicators that make up the peace index, and a deterioration in the remaining two.
The document indicates that in peace matters 24 entities of the country have deteriorated since 2015, while eight entities have improved.
In the last ten years the national homicide rate has increased by 55 percent, while the national rate of crimes with 14 percent has risen since 2015.
“Meanwhile, the resources of the treasury assigned to security have not been up to the needs,” says the agency.
According to the functional classification, public spending, which indicates where the resources will be channeled, it can be seen that during the spent the spending on matters of public order and internal security accumulated a 13.4 percent drop in real terms.
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“So far this six-year period, it can be seen that in the January-April period of this year reports a decrease of 9.8 percent,” he says.
Combatting insecurity is not an easy thing, but it is an impossible need for social and economic progress.
“There is no doubt that reducing insecurity is essential to boost investment and economic growth that allow social progress,” says the CEESP.
