The Mexican population over 18 years of age feels more insecure than a year ago, according to the National Urban Public Security Survey (ENSU) by Inegi.
The exercise revealed that 63% of the people consulted consider it unsafe to live in their city, a “statistically significant” increase compared to 58.6% in the same month of 2024.
The perception of insecurity is considerably higher among women, of whom 68.2% stated that they felt insecure, while among men the percentage was 56.7%.
Culiacán, with a greater perception of insecurity
Among the cities with the highest perception of insecurity are Culiacán Rosales (88.3%), Irapuato (88.2%), Chilpancingo de los Bravo (86.3%), Ecatepec de Morelos (84.4%) and Cuernavaca (84.2%).
In contrast, the localities with the lowest perception of insecurity were San Pedro Garza García (8.9%), Piedras Negras (15%), Benito Juárez (15.6%), Los Mochis (19.2%) and San Nicolás de los Garza (22.4%).
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ATMs, the most feared
The survey also details that 71.7% of people feel unsafe when using ATMs located on public roads, while 64.9% fear being a victim of something illegal on public transportation. Other places with high risk perception are the streets that people usually travel (64.4%) and highways (57.1%).
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