Cuernavaca.- The average cost derived from crime for Morelos establishments registered a decrease of 9.9 percent between 2023 and 2025, according to the results presented by the National Business Victimization Survey (ENVE) 2026 of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).
During fiscal year 2025, the average expense per business in the entity was 35,591 pesos. This amount is lower than the average registered at the national level, which amounted to 44,560 pesos per economic unit.
With this figure, Morelos was placed within the group of 18 federal entities whose average cost remained below the parameter of 40,986 pesos.
Investment in prevention and losses due to crime
The indicator calculated by INEGI integrates two main factors: the direct economic losses caused by crimes and the economic resources dedicated to the implementation of preventive measures.
Among the most common protection expenses incurred by merchants are the installation of alarms, video cameras, changing locks, reinforcing doors, windows, bars or fences.
Likewise, companies allocate budget to contracting insurance, private security services and security mechanisms against cyber attacks.
Victimization and criminal incidence in the entity
Regarding the victimization panorama, the ENVE reported that Morelos registered during 2025 a rate of 2,692 economic units affected per 10,000 establishments.
Regarding the incidence of crime, the entity counted 6,055 crimes for every 10,000 economic units that suffered some crime.
On a national scale, extortion was positioned as the most frequent crime against economic units, totaling 1,467 cases per 10,000 establishments, a figure that represents 26.2 percent of the total documented crimes.
Source: www.diariodemorelos.com
