Overview

• In 2025 the state earmarked S/6,327 million for citizen security, yet by September only 70% was executed, leaving more than S/2,000 million unspent.
• Budget composition skews heavily to payroll, with 89% going to wages and just 11% to infrastructure, surveillance and equipment.
• Extortion has exploded to about 2,264 complaints per month between January and August 2025, roughly seven times 2019 levels, after rising from about 3 per day in 2018 to nearly 76 per day by June 2025.
• Homicides remain frequent, with one Peruvian killed roughly every four hours according to national death registration data.
• INEI reports that 64% of Peruvians now see crime as the country’s main problem, transport users feel highly unsafe, and Lima bus fares rose 2.5% in September as extortion pressures mounted, prompting calls to shift spending to intelligence, technology and targeted protection.