Decline in perceived insecurity in Estado de México cities according to INEGI survey, Digi Mart USA News (Estado de México, Mexico): All eight Estado de México cities included in the National Urban Public Security Survey (ENSU) of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) recorded a decline in perceived insecurity between September 2025 and September 2026. The reductions varied in size, however.
Results for the third quarter of this year show that Tlalnepantla recorded the largest reduction among the evaluated localities in the state. Its share of adults who said they felt unsafe fell from 80.3 percent to 59.3 percent, a decrease of 26.2 percent.
Nezahualcóyotl also reported a decline of 19.7 percent, Naucalpan 17.2 percent, Atizapán de Zaragoza and Cuautitlán Izcalli 12.4 percent each, and Ecatepec 8.3 percent.
In these six municipalities, the reduction exceeded the national average of 7.8 percent. Chimalhuacán recorded a decline of 2.8 percent and Toluca de Lerdo 0.5 percent, so all eight cities showed a favorable change in the annual comparison.
Nationally, 58.1 percent of the adult population considered it unsafe to live in their city in September 2026, compared with 63 percent in the same month of the previous year. According to a statement from the Estado de México Peace Table, this is the lowest level since the ENSU began being conducted 13 years ago.
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo highlighted the national reduction, saying the result represents the lowest recorded level of perceived insecurity since the survey began.
The data were reviewed during session 207 of the Estado de México Peace Table, led by Governor Delfina Gómez, which monitored the State Security Strategy and coordinated actions among federal, state and municipal authorities.
The governor referred to the results on her social media accounts, where she said the figures represent momentum to continue joint work on security.
The ENSU measures the adult population’s perception of safety in the cities where they live. This indicator reflects residents’ sense of insecurity and does not necessarily correspond to an equivalent decline in criminal incidence.
