Crime in Brazil
Homicide rates
Columns: Capital/Region | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
Belém ( PA ) | 245 | 291 | 151 | 259 | 27 | 318 | 347 | 296 | 447 | 339 | 342 | Boa Vista ( RR ) | 346 | 515 | 514 | 404 | 321 | 382 | 33 | 215 | 231 | 22 | 257 | Macapá ( AP ) | 466 | 51 | 641 | 462 | 443 | 44 | 441 | 385 | 38 | 358 | 323 | Manaus ( AM ) | 353 | 407 | 353 | 33 | 252 | 265 | 293 | 262 | 294 | 323 | 325 | Palmas ( TO ) | 7 | 127 | 197 | 218 | 265 | 205 | 215 | 213 | 13 | 136 | 128 | Porto Velho ( RO ) | 383 | 703 | 555 | 61 | 669 | 632 | 511 | 714 | 564 | 685 | 513 | Rio Branco ( AC ) | 366 | 384 | 17 | 364 | 39 | 448 | 379 | 309 | 239 | 363 | 301 | Northern (state capitals) | 319 | 395 | 313 | 342 | 321 | 342 | 344 | 318 | 356 | 349 | 33 | Aracaju ( SE ) | 193 | 168 | 352 | 399 | 609 | 544 | 506 | 472 | 405 | 467 | 389 | Fortaleza ( CE ) | 27 | 203 | 252 | 282 | 279 | 318 | 295 | 285 | 34 | 35 | 403 | João Pessoa ( PB ) | 333 | 384 | 36 | 378 | 413 | 425 | 447 | 426 | 481 | 487 | 566 | Maceió ( AL ) | 384 | 333 | 309 | 451 | 593 | 613 | 612 | 645 | 686 | 98 | 974 | Natal ( RN ) | 181 | 162 | 96 | 104 | 156 | 139 | 23 | 132 | 185 | 205 | 283 | Recife ( PE ) | 1053 | 114 | 993 | 975 | 972 | 905 | 914 | 918 | 882 | 907 | 875 | Salvador ( BA ) | 416 | 154 | 79 | 129 | 213 | 232 | 286 | 285 | 397 | 437 | 493 | São Luís ( MA ) | 222 | 165 | 128 | 166 | 274 | 214 | 308 | 326 | 30 | 314 | 384 | Teresina ( PI ) | 169 | 176 | 14 | 222 | 232 | 278 | 285 | 26 | 294 | 335 | 282 | Northeast (state capitals) | 408 | 336 | 302 | 34 | 395 | 394 | 417 | 408 | 448 | 496 | 524 | Belo Horizonte ( MG ) | 207 | 25 | 268 | 348 | 35 | 429 | 576 | 647 | 544 | 499 | 495 | Rio de Janeiro ( RJ ) | 658 | 626 | 535 | 566 | 555 | 628 | 561 | 528 | 419 | 464 | 357 | São Paulo ( SP ) | 567 | 611 | 691 | 648 | 635 | 526 | 524 | 398 | 283 | 232 | 174 | Vitória ( ES ) | 1035 | 1066 | 1083 | 79 | 851 | 802 | 73 | 827 | 839 | 861 | 754 | Southeast (state capitals) | 56 | 58 | 598 | 589 | 58 | 55 | 545 | 475 | 365 | 345 | 278 | Curitiba ( PR ) | 266 | 227 | 259 | 262 | 28 | 322 | 366 | 408 | 443 | 489 | 455 | Florianópolis ( SC ) | 94 | 93 | 89 | 102 | 17 | 247 | 271 | 289 | 244 | 194 | 195 | Porto Alegre ( RS ) | 372 | 314 | 329 | 392 | 365 | 405 | 364 | 403 | 401 | 355 | 473 | South (state capitals) | 295 | 251 | 273 | 299 | 303 | 348 | 355 | 393 | 404 | 403 | 433 | Brasília Federal Capital ( DF ) | 356 | 374 | 367 | 375 | 369 | 347 | 391 | 365 | 319 | 323 | 335 | Campo Grande ( MS ) | 419 | 364 | 308 | 393 | 34 | 345 | 353 | 307 | 285 | 271 | 322 | Cuiabá ( MT ) | 553 | 76 | 685 | 695 | 769 | 52 | 498 | 455 | 444 | 407 | 388 | Goiânia ( GO ) | 221 | 226 | 301 | 286 | 294 | 381 | 374 | 374 | 346 | 364 | 346 | Center-West (state capitals) | 353 | 377 | 376 | 392 | 391 | 374 | 393 | 368 | 334 | 334 | 341 | Brazil (state capitals) | 457 | 453 | 446 | 458 | 465 | 455 | 461 | 424 | 385 | 387 | 366