‘All crimes in Buenos Aires have fallen,’ says City Mayor Macri

Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Macri has hailed the publication of improved crime statistics in the nation’s capital, crediting it to his administration’s “political decision to enforce the law.”

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday as City Hall presented its Mapa del Delito 2025 (“Crime Map 2025”) report, the PRO leader said porteños were enjoying a level of security not seen for years. 

“We have never had figures like these. All crimes in the City have fallen, and in some cases to record lows. We maintain a political decision to enforce the law,” Macri said at the event, highlighting that all types of crime in the federal capital declined during 2025.

He said more resources had been deployed, accompanied by “greater investment in security cameras and patrol cars.”

The mayor claimed that “the changes began to be noticeable when the emphasis was placed on public order, with action taken to evict illegally occupied properties and to remove unlicensed street vendors.” 

He added: “All of this has an impact on organised crime such as illegal parking attendants, small-scale drug dealing and robberies or thefts.”

“All that combination of order has a very significant knock-on effect on security figures,” he explained. “Committing a crime in the City does not come without consequences.”

The right-wing leader then sought to point the finger at neighbouring Buenos Aires Province, suggesting that criminals were travelling to the capital to commit crimes.

“The City is not a free-for-all. We will not allow people to come in from the Greater Buenos Aires area to steal,” he told reporters.

Macri warned offenders they would face justice for their crimes, declaring: “You won’t get away with it, because sooner or later you will end up under arrest.”

– TIMES/NA