Eight out of ten businesses consider Edomex unsafe –

In the State of Mexico, a large majority of businesses consider the entity where they work unsafe: 85.6%, according to the INEGI National Company Victimization Survey. However, the proportion of establishments that suffered a crime during 2025 was 25.8%, practically equal to the national average.

The data answers two different questions: Was the business the victim of a crime? y Do you consider the entity where you operate to be safe or unsafe? Distinguishing them allows us to size the problem without confusing concern about crime with the number of affected establishments.

Of every 100 Mexican businesses…

• About 86 consider the entity unsafeaccording to the perception collected between March and May 2026.
• Approximately 26 suffered a crime in 2025.
• About 74 did not report being victims during that year.

An establishment may not have suffered a robbery and consider the state where it is located unsafe. Therefore, both results can coexist. The survey identifies that difference, but this data alone does not explain what factors determine perception.

Victimization, almost equal to the national average

During 2025, approximately one in four Mexican businesses suffered a crime. The state proportion, 25.8%, was practically the same as the national 25.9%.

The comparison places the State of Mexico below the entities with the highest proportion of victimized establishments: Baja California, with 39.7%; Querétaro, with 38.8%, and Chihuahua, with 35.8%.

These figures measure the proportion of businesses affected, not the total number of crimes or their severity. The same establishment could suffer more than one criminal incident during the year.

In Edomex, ant robbery was the most frequent crimefollowed by theft or assault of property or money. The first includes thefts of small quantities of merchandise that, when repeated, affect the stock and income of the business.

Although extortion led the national crime frequency, it did not occupy the first two places in the Mexican table. The difference matters to identify what problems the entity’s establishments face.

The concern is much more widespread

When the question changes from what happened to the business to the security of the entity, the Mexican panorama is different.

85.6% of establishments considered unsafe State of Mexico. It was the second highest estimate in the country, after Morelos, with 87.2%, and above Puebla, with 85.3%. The national average was 71.2%.

This means that Mexican perception exceeded the national level by 14.4 percentage points.

Querétaro illustrates why the two measurements should be read separately: it recorded a higher proportion of businesses that were victims of crime than Edomex, but a much lower perception of insecurity, at 35%.

The comparison does not determine where it is safest to open an establishment. It shows that criminal experience and safety assessment do not necessarily move together.

Has the situation improved compared to 2023?

The estimate of Mexican businesses victims of crime went from 30.05% in 2023 to 25.8% in 2025. It is a lower figure, but the INEGI did not identify a statistically significant difference.

In simple terms, The survey does not allow us to affirm with sufficient certainty that there was a reductionbecause the variation may be within the uncertainty margin of the measurement.

Nor is it appropriate to interpret that the percentage of businesses that did not report crimes is risk-free. What can be stated is that approximately three out of every four establishments were not victims during the period studied.

What does it tell us about doing business in Edomex?

The survey includes private establishments of different sizes: from small businesses and workshops to large companies. Their results show an impact that reaches a quarter of businesses and a concern for security that extends much further.

The contrast allows us to specify the challenge: protect those who have already suffered crimes, prevent new effects and improve the conditions in which those who have not yet been victims work.

To measure progress, both things will be needed: fewer establishments affected and greater confidence in the security of the place where they operate.

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