Crime in Brazil - Wikipedia
WEBCrime in Brazil involves an elevated incidence of violent and non-violent crimes. [1] Brazil's homicide rate was 21.26 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). [2] Brazil has one of the highest number of intentional homicides in the world with 57,358 in 2018.
Crime and violence in Brazil – statistics & facts | Statista
WEBJul 3, 2024 · Violence and crime have become an outstanding facet of Brazil’s national and international identity, a topic of conversation as widespread as the country’s world-famous barbecues and Carnival.
Homicides in Brazil at the lowest level in over a decade, report …
WEBJul 20, 2023 · The number of violent deaths in 2022 reached the lowest level in more than a decade, according to a July 20, 2023 report by Brazilian researchers at the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, an independent group that tracks crimes.
Despite Record-Low Murder Rates, Brazilians Feel Less Safe
WEBApr 15, 2024 · RIO DE JANEIRO — There is a paradoxical reality in Brazil today: While murders have fallen to record lows, Brazilians are deeply concerned about criminal violence. There were 39,500 intentional homicides reported in 2023, a 4% drop from 2022, when there were 41,100.
What a Decade of Data Tells Us About Organized Crime in Brazil
WEBJul 1, 2024 · Violence increased in parts of northern Brazil over the past decade as criminal factions, bolstered by mass incarceration, fought over emerging cocaine trafficking routes in this region, a new report shows.
‘License to Kill’: Inside Rio’s Record Year of Police Killings
WEBMay 18, 2020 · RIO DE JANEIRO — Rodrigo dos Santos, 16, was speeding downhill on a motorcycle in Rio de Janeiro, a knapsack packed with marijuana, cocaine and pellets of crack on his back, when two police...
Murders, killings by police rose in Brazil last year, report shows
WEBJul 15, 2021 · The Brazilian Yearbook of Public Security showed homicides in Brazil rose 4% in 2020, with 50,033 people killed, giving Latin America's biggest country a murder rate of 23.6 per 100,000 people.
Why Brazil's Violence Keeps Getting Worse - NPR
WEBNov 2, 2017 · Brazil is more violent now than at any time in its history. So says a new report, which says an average of seven people die there every hour. Researchers looked at why the problem continues...
Brazil: At least 25 killed in Rio de Janeiro shootout - BBC
WEBMay 6, 2021 · Brazil: At least 25 killed in Rio de Janeiro shootout. 6 May 2021. Aerial footage shows suspects of a wanted drug gang trying to escape police. At least 25 people including a police officer have...
Gangs sow terror in Brazil cities for third night - BBC
WEBSeveral cities in north east Brazil are suffering from serious unrest caused by marauding criminal gangs. For the third night, gang members set buses ablaze and carried out gun attacks on ...