Governor Enrique Alfaro believes Jalisco is heading in the right direction after data released by the federal government this week showed a significant drop in crime levels in the state during his term of office.
Alfaro held a press conference using a series of charts to illustrate the positive figures by comparing crime data from the first six months of 2018 (before he assumed office) with the same period this year.
Citing figures published by the National Public Security System (SNSP), Alfaro said the total number of crimes reported in Jalisco dropped from 33,128 between January and June of 2018 to 13,502 in the same months of 2023.
Comparing these months five years apart, Alfaro said vehicle theft has decreased by 61 percent, robbery of businesses by 68.5 percent, home burglaries by 64.9 percent, and assaults on individuals by 49.6 percent.
The average number of robberies in the state reported each month fell from 5,521 in 2018 to 2,250 in 2023, he said.
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