RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to data from the Institute of Public Safety (ISP-RJ), the number of homicides between January and October is the lowest since 2007.
In 2007, there were 5,049 homicides, a rate of 32.6 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
In 2019, up to October, there have been 3342 deaths, which means a reduction to 19.4 murders per 100,000 inhabitants.
The numbers, according to ISP data, had varied since 2012, when 3,361 deaths were recorded. That year, the rate was 20.7 deaths per 100,000 people.
Institute of Public Safety homicide rates per 100,000 inhabitants over the past three years:
2013: 3,870 deaths
2014: 4,189 deaths
2015: 3,479 deaths
2016: 4,117 deaths
2017: 4,446 deaths
2018: 4,226 deaths
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