Jorge Macri He chose to speak with numbers. And the numbers, this time, work in their favor. When presenting the 2025 Crime Map, the head of Government was not shy: “In the City the law is followed and order is the rule, not the exception.” Short, direct phrase, designed to stay. The data he showed is compelling. In 2025 all crimes decreased in the City. Homicides hit the lowest level in 31 years: 78 cases, with a rate of 2.5 per hundred thousand inhabitants. That places Buenos Aires as the second safest capital in America, only behind Ottawa. “The safety of the people of Buenos Aires is our top priority,” remarked Macri, flanked by Minister Horacio Giménez and the leadership of the City Police.
Automotive theft is the star case: it fell 54% compared to 2024 and is 92% below the historical peak of 2002. In concrete numbers: 524 cases throughout the year. Less than in a pandemic. Weapon robberies fell 34% year-on-year and have accumulated a drop of 71% since 2016. Total robberies fell 27%, with the lowest record in 25 years (not counting the exceptional years of Covid). Thefts also fell 21%.
It is not a minor detail in a country where insecurity usually leads concern surveys. Jorge Macri knows this and expressed it bluntly: “The true difference between a city where you live in fear and one where you live in freedom is not in the speech, it is in the fact that the law is followed.” The message aims at two audiences. On the one hand, to the neighbor who wants to walk in peace. On the other, to the political system. “The laws or the judges did not change. What changed was the political decision,” he insisted. It is a way to make a difference against the province and also against those who maintain that the problem is only regulatory.
The management also focused on public order. In 2025 there were 36,512 arrests, 3% more than the previous year. Almost 600 illegally occupied properties were recovered. 18 thousand manteros were evicted and 639 blocks taken over by illegal sales were freed. Macri graphed it with a shocking comparison: “If we put all the blocks we liberated online, they are 68 kilometers. They reached as far as La Plata.”
The “rags” chapter also entered the agenda. “We are not going to tolerate any family being extorted when they go to dinner or a recital,” he stated. And he went further: “Committing a crime in the City is not free, we are going to go look for you wherever you hide.”
Behind the speech there is investment. More than 2,500 new personnel, almost 500 mobile phones incorporated, 1,200 new cameras to reach 17 thousand connected to the Urban Monitoring Center400 Safe Points and the creation of the Access Control Patrol. “We achieved very good equipment, both scientific and vehicles and personnel,” highlighted Minister Giménez.
The Crime Map—a tool that has been published since 2017—functions as technical support and also as a political letter. It allows you to show evolution, compare historical series and display results. This is the ninth report since its creation. In an electoral key, the bet is clear. In a scenario where La Libertad Avanza wants to contest the City, The PRO needs to demonstrate concrete management. Security and order are strong assets in the Buenos Aires electorate. Jorge Macri tries to consolidate that perception with figures and presence.
The challenge now is to sustain the trend. “These achievements, far from relaxing us, challenge us to continue consolidating a Comprehensive Security System at the level of what the people of Buenos Aires deserve,” said the head of Government. The tone is firm but optimistic. There is no epic or drama, but insistence on daily management. In an Argentina where the debate often takes place at the level of rhetoric, the City seeks to differentiate itself with measurable results.
by RN
