2023-07-20 20:40:46
Amapá has the highest homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants, according to data from the Brazilian Public Security Forum, released this Thursday; together, the two regions occupy the top 12 places
Press Release/Secom/Government of Amapá Police operation in Amapá, the most violent state in Brazil
Six States of North East and six of Norte are among the top 12 violent of Brazil, according to information from the Brazilian Public Security Forum, released this Thursday, 20, based on the most recent data from criminal records in the country (in 2022). O Amapá, from the North, has the highest murder rate per 100,000 inhabitants (50.6), followed by Bahia, Amazonas, Alagoas, Pernambuco, Pará, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Sergipe, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins. The first state outside these regions is Espírito Santo, in the Southeast, in 13th place.
On the other hand, Brazil recorded a drop in homicides for the second consecutive year, with 47,508 cases in 2022, although it reaches the second lowest number in the historical series started in 2011. One fact stands out: with 130 occurrences per day, at least five people were murdered per hour in the last year.
Homicide rate per 100,000 population
Amapá: 50.6
Bahia: 47,1
Amazonas: 38,8
Alagoas: 37.9
Pernambuco: 37,8
Pará: 36.9
Rio Grande do Norte: 36.7
Ceará: 35.5
Sergipe: 34.8
Rondônia: 34.3 Roraima: 30.5 Tocantins: 30.5 Espírito Santo: 29.3 Mato Grosso: 29.3 Acre: 28.6 Maranhão: 28 Rio de Janeiro: 27.9 Paraíba: 26.1 Goiás: 25.2 Piauí: 25 Brazil: 23.4 (National average) Paraná: 22.7 Rio Grande do Sul: 19.8 Mato Grosso South: 18.7 Minas Gerais: 12.6 Federal District: 11.3 Santa Catarina: 9.1 São Paulo: 8.4
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