In 2024, the highest amount of crimes recorded in the state of São Paulo was for thievery, excluding vehicle thievery, with more than half a million cases. The second most common crime was robberies, with nearly 189,000 incidences.

In 2024, six of the eight Brazilian cities with the highest homicide rates were in the Northeast. Feira da Santana led the ranking of the most violent city in Brazil, with a murder rate of ***** per 100,000 inhabitants. It was followed followed by Recife, with a homicide rate of more than ** per 100,000 inhabitants. In Latin America and the Caribbean, Feira da Santana was the **** most deadly city.

In the state of São Paulo, Brazil, the population in 2021 was composed by 63.7 percent of people who identified as white. However, this ethnic group only represented 31 percent of the civilians killed by security agents. Meanwhile, 69 percent of civilian deaths caused by the police were black people, who constituted a little more than a third of the state's population. Moreover, the share of people of black ethnicity killed by the police in the state's capital reached nearly 70 percent of the total that year.

Although Brazil remains severely affected by civil violence, the state of São Paulo has made significant inroads into fighting criminality. In the last decade, São Paulo has witnessed a 70% decline in homicide rates, a result that policy-makers attribute to a series of crime-reducing measures implemented by the state government. While recent academic studies seem to confirm this downward trend, no estimation of the total impact of state policies on homicide rates currently exists. The present article fills this gap by employing the synthetic control method to compare these measures against an artificial São Paulo. The results indicate a large drop in homicide rates in actual São Paulo when contrasted with the synthetic counterfactual, with about 20,000 lives saved during the period. The theoretical usefulness of the synthetic control method for public policy analysis, the role of the Primeiro Comando da Capital as a causal mediator, and the practical implications of the security measures taken by the São Paulo state government are also discussed.

The objective was to assess the effect of age, period, and birth cohort on the time trend in mortality from homicides in men in the states of the Northeast and Southeast regions of Brazil from 1980 to 2014. This was an ecological time trend study. PCA models were estimated using estimable functions in inference of the parameters. Mortality and population data were obtained from the Brazilian Health Informatics Department. State-by-state mortality rates from homicide were standardized by the direct method, with the world population as the standard, as proposed by the World Health Organization. The Northeast region recorded 317,711 deaths from homicides and the Southeast 544,640 deaths, corresponding, respectively, corresponding to mean standardized rates of 58.68 and 64.68 deaths per 100,000 men. The highest mean standardized mortality rates were observed in the states of Alagoas (157.74 deaths) and Pernambuco (109.58 deaths). All the states showed an increase in mortality up to the third decade of life, with a progressive reduction in the other age brackets. There was an upward trend in all the states of the Northeast and in Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo in the Southeast, while in the other states there was a downward trend. All the states showed an increase in the risk of death in the younger age brackets, except for the state of São Paulo, which showed the inverse profile. The current study’s findings may correlate with the process of discontinuity in the cohort, in which members of wide cohorts found less opportunity for access to employment, income, and education, thus increasing the risk of involvement in crime and death from homicide.

In 2023, São Paulo was the Brazilian state which had the highest number of car thefts and break-ins in, totaling approximately 131,730. It was followed by Rio de Janeiro state with 38,825 cases reported. Over 354,000 vehicle thefts and break-ins in the South American country during 2023 were recorded.

During the Brazilian Carnival season of 2020, more than 2.4 thousand were arrested throughout the state of São Paulo. Nearly one quarter of those arrests corresponded to people who had already been convicted but were fleeing from justice.

The Latin American surveillance camera market is experiencing robust growth, projected to reach $3.03 billion in 2025 and maintain a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9.21% from 2025 to 2033. This expansion is driven by several key factors. Increasing concerns about public safety and security, particularly in major urban centers like Mexico City, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires, are fueling demand for advanced surveillance solutions. Furthermore, the growth of e-commerce and the rising adoption of smart city initiatives across the region are creating new opportunities for surveillance camera deployment. The banking and government sectors are significant adopters, prioritizing security for financial assets and critical infrastructure. Technological advancements, such as the transition from analog to IP-based systems offering higher resolution, better analytics, and remote accessibility, are further stimulating market growth. Hybrid systems, combining the best of both analog and IP technologies, are also gaining traction, catering to diverse needs and budgets. While the market faces challenges such as economic instability in some Latin American countries and potential concerns regarding data privacy and surveillance ethics, the overall growth trajectory remains positive. The market is highly competitive, with a mix of global players and regional companies vying for market share. The increasing adoption of cloud-based surveillance solutions and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and video analytics into surveillance systems are expected to be key trends shaping the market in the coming years. The diverse end-user segments in Latin America contribute to the market's multifaceted nature. The healthcare sector is adopting surveillance for patient monitoring and security, while the transportation and logistics industry uses it to enhance safety and streamline operations. Industrial applications encompass security and process monitoring in manufacturing and other industrial settings. Competition among established players like Hikvision, Dahua, Bosch, and Axis, alongside the emergence of regional players, creates a dynamic market landscape. Growth will likely be strongest in countries with robust economic growth and improving infrastructure, leading to increased investment in security solutions. The market will witness a gradual shift towards more sophisticated systems incorporating AI and advanced analytics, enhancing their efficiency and providing valuable insights beyond basic security. This will lead to higher average selling prices and further fuel market value growth. This report provides a detailed analysis of the Latin America surveillance camera market, offering valuable insights into market size, growth drivers, challenges, and future trends. The study covers the period from 2019 to 2033, with 2025 as the base year and a forecast period extending to 2033. This comprehensive research examines the market's dynamics, competitive landscape, and key technological advancements, providing crucial information for stakeholders across the surveillance technology sector. This report utilizes data from 2019-2024 as the historical period and includes a focus on key market segments and influential players, ensuring a holistic understanding of this rapidly evolving market. Recent developments include: April 2024: LenelS2, one of the global leaders in advanced physical security systems, has teamed up with Hanwha Vision, one of the leaders in video surveillance. This strategic alliance positions LenelS2 as a reseller of Hanwha Vision cameras across the Americas. This partnership is pivotal, granting end users access to the comprehensive range of Hanwha Vision's IP camera portfolio. They can obtain these cameras through LenelS2's authorized value-added resellers (VARs), in conjunction with LenelS2's own products and services.February 2024: About 20 security cameras were installed in Cozumel City, Mexico. The cameras are equipped with facial recognition analytical technology to allow the city authorities to react immediately to any eventuality.. Key drivers for this market are: Increasing Government Efforts to Enhance Public Safety, High Crime Rates and Security Issues. Potential restraints include: Increasing Government Efforts to Enhance Public Safety, High Crime Rates and Security Issues. Notable trends are: IP-based Camera Gaining Popularity.

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In 2023, São Paulo was the Brazilian state with the highest number of violent deaths of LGBT+ people. Out of the 273 deaths reported that year, 27were registered in that state. Ceará ranked second, with 24 deaths. Further, most cause of these deaths were homicides.

The number of femicides — murders committed against women because of their gender — in Brazil slightly increased in 2023, in comparison to the previous year. Throughout 2023, 1,467 femicides were registered in Brazil, up from 1,455 recorded one year before. That year, the Brazilian state with the highest number of femicides was São Paulo.

Fixed effect regression models for adjusted associations between homicide rates or hospitalizations from violence and BFP coverage and percentage of municipality inhabitants receiving BF in the Brazilian municipalities (as continuous variables), also stratified by municipalities of different population sizes, 2004–2012.

Mean values and SD of selected variables for the Brazilian municipalities (n. 5.507).

Fixed effect regression models for adjusted associations between homicide rates and BFP coverage in the Brazilian municipalities by gender, 2004–2012.

In 2024, there were a total of 2,532 shootings registered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March was the month with the most shootings in each of the given years, except for 2024 - in that year, there were 254 occurrences, or about 10 percent of the year's total. The lowest number of shootings in the given period occurred in August 2023 when 153 cases were recorded. Police violence in Rio In 2022, the Supreme Court ordered the state government of Rio de Janeiro to come up with a plan to reduce police lethality, as the level of violence in police actions was deemed unacceptable, due to high numbers of casualties and human rights violations. The number of civilians killed as a result of police intervention more than quadrupled between 2013 and 2019, reaching a record number of 1,814 that year. Despite the decrease in comparison to 2019, every year from 2020 to 2022 saw more than 1,200 civilians being killed. Furthermore, it is deemed that there is structural racism in the actions of security forces. For instance, 80 percent of the deaths caused by police interventions in the state during 2023 were of people of color. Shootings and massacres in Rio Civil society and public institutions have made proposals to alleviate this situation. One of them is the ADPF 635 (Allegation of Violation of a Fundamental Precept), also known as ADPF Favelas Case, presented by the Brazilian Socialist Party, and whose preliminary approval took place in June 2020. The measure restricted unplanned police operations in the favelas during the pandemic. Despite its frequent violations, it showed evident results. Shootings fell from 7,368 in 2019 to less than 3,000 in 2024. Over one third of documented shootings in 2024 were due to police operations, while 288 were motivated by murder or attempted murder, the second most common reason. In March 2022, the government of Rio de Janeiro published a plan to reduce deaths during police operations. That year, the State of Rio de Janeiro recorded 92 fewer deaths than the previous year, and the number has fallen every year since.

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The number of black and Pardo Brazilian people murdered in Brazil had been increasing throughout the years up until 2017. In 2022, around 35,500 black and Pardo citizens were killed in the South American country, down from almost 37,000 recorded one year before.

Considering the over 46,000 homicides registered in Brazil in 2022, almost 92 percent had men as victims. Meanwhile, approximately 3,810 women were killed in the South American country that year.

In 2024, Recife was the selected metropolis with the largest number of homicides in Brazil. That year, there were 1,623 homicides registered in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, ranking second in the list of selected cities. Salvador was the fourth city in Latin America and the Caribbean with the highest number of homicides.

In 2023, 50 robberies of financial institutions were reported in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is followed by Espírito Santo with 25 cases registered, and by the state of Minas Gerais with 11 episodes.Overall, the number of robberies of financial institutions in Brazil has slightly increased lately.