Majority of Adult Mexicans Feel Unsafe in the Neighborhoods Where They Live Prensa Latina
go to original October 8, 2015

Sixty-eight percent of the Mexican population older than 18 years old, feels insecure in their respective cities, according to the National Survey for Urban Public Safety (ENSU) announced Wednesday.

With information data from last September, the polled population showed that in the last three months, they have listened or seen in the surroundings of their houses situations, such as consumption of alcohol in the streets (73.2 percent), thefts or assaults (66.6 percent) and vandalism (57.6 percent).

They are all followed by the sale or consumption of drugs (42.1 percent), violent bands or "pandillerismo" (34.3 percent) and frequent shots with weapons (32 percent).

Regarding the expectation on the public safety, 34.9 percent thinks that it will be still equal, while 29.8 states that it will deteriorate. Only 12.9 percent thinks that it will improve.

Sixty-five point eight percent showed that it modified its habits, with regard to taking valuable objects, like jewels, money or credit cards and 58.5 percent did it with regard to allowing their younger sons to go out of the house.

The survey was spread by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography.

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