Number of murders in Brazil drops in the first 9 months of 2022

The number of murders in Brazil will continue to fall in 2022.

The data are part of the national murder index created by the website g1, based on official data from the states and the Federal District (DF).

According to the survey, there were 30.2 thousand murders in the first nine months of this year, which represents a 3% drop compared to the same period in 2021.

Even so, the number is high: on average, 111 Brazilians were murdered every day between Jan. and Sep. this year.

Victims of the following crimes are counted in the number:

• intentional homicides (including femicides)
• robberies followed by death
• bodily injury followed by death

Even with the drop, the numbers for the third quarter of the year raise a red flag because they show that the decrease in murders in the country has slowed down.

The survey, which compiles data month by month, is part of the Violence Monitor.

Check out the main highlights of the survey:

• There were 30.2 thousand murders in the first nine months of this year, more than a thousand fewer deaths than in the same period of 2021;
• On the opposite side of the country, 11 states registered an increase in the number of deaths;
• Amapá had the most significant drop: 34%;
• Rondônia had the most significant increase in crimes: 29%;

The decline slowed in the third semester of the year when 17 states saw an increase in murders.

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