Citizens Felt Safer in 2012, More Positive About Their Future Security The News
go to original January 10, 2013

Safety in Mexico (TravelSecretsMexico)

Mexicans are feeling more secure than they did a year ago and are positive about their future security, according to data from the National Statistics, Geography, and Information Institute (INEGI).

The data shows that the public feels 10.6 percent more security this December than the same period last year, the best score the INEGI has recorded since it began evaluating Mexico’s perception of security in 2009. The INEGI’s Public Security Perception Index (IPSP) was established to quantify the public’s perception of their personal security and how security is handled nationwide.

The IPSP is made up of five indicators. Two of them deal with personal security, current and future, two concern national security, current and future, and the last question asks respondents how safe they feel walking in their neighborhood between 4 and 7 in the evening.

Results from the December IPSP show that the public feels 10.5 percent more positive about their personal security compared with 12 months ago. Respondents were also 6.1 percent more positive when asked how they feel about their personal security 12 months from now.

Crime-related violence escalated in Mexico when in 2006 newly sworn-in President Felipe Calderón sent the army into the streets to combat drug cartels.

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