The homicides were up 15.5% in the first half of this year in the city of São Paulo, compared to the same period last year, according to data released this Thursday, 31, by the Secretariat of the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP). There were 268 victims of this type of crime from January to June, compared to 232 in the first six months of 2024.
- It is the largest number of victims for the semester since 2021, when there were 318 people murdered;
- At the same time, there were up 3.8% in theft and 3.2% in rapes registered in the capital;
- Already the thefts fell 14.1%, also decreased by murders (robberies followed by death);
- The scenario is similar to what is seen in the state, which had high minors of murders and theft.
Last month alone, homicides registered in the capital grew 60%. There were 56 cases, compared to 35 in the same month last year.
Sought to comment on discharge, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) management states that “the fight against crimes against life is a priority of the Public Security Secretariat, which maintains the SP Life Program to monitor occurrences and develop coping strategies, including the reinforcement of policing in areas with greater criminal incidence”.
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It also adds that the security forces act in an integrated manner, “with preventive, ostensible and intelligence actions, to expand safety throughout the territory of São Paulo.”
“This work also covers the fight against property crimes with lethal potential, such as theft, through thorough investigations to identify and arrest the receivers, who finance these criminal practices,” says the folder, commanded by Guilherme Derrite.
The secretary states that, as a result of the efforts of security forces, the state had the smallest numbers of murder and thefts to the semester since the beginning of the historical series, which began in 2001. It also points out that police productivity has increased (below).
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Entrepreneur found in Interlagos is among victims
Recent cases of murders draw attention for brutality. One of those who had the greatest repercussion was that of businessman Adalberto Amarilio dos Santos Júnior, found dead on June 3 inside a work hole at the Interlagos racetrack in the South Zone.
On the 18th, the Civil Police served search and seizure warrants in the homes of five investigated by the death of the businessman. The crime is investigated by the Department of Homicide and Person Protection (DHPP).
In April, 28-year-old student Bruna Oliveira da Silva, who was a master’s degree at the University of São Paulo (USP), was brutally murdered after being taken up by a man on the outskirts of Corinthians-Itaquera, East Zone.
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The main suspect, 43, was found dead days later. Police believe he was executed by the First Capital Command (PCC) Crime Court, a kind of “parallel justice” of the factions.
The cases are not restricted to the state capital. Last week, a couple of teenagers were seized after the two were pointed out as responsible for the death and concealment of Nicolly Fernanda, 15 -year -old young man found dead in Hortolândia, São Paulo. The suspects are a boyfriend of the victim and a boy’s ex-girlfriend.
Earlier this month, a 35 -year -old man was shot dead inside a Porsche in Guarulhos, in the capital’s metropolitan region. The crime occurred on the 5th, in the middle of the morning.
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Data from the Brazilian Forum of Public Security Forum, released last week, point out that Brazil had a drop in homicides in 2024 for the fourth consecutive year. In all, there were 44,127 murders, about five occurrences per hour.
The report also revealed that, despite following the lowest homicide rate for each hundred thousand inhabitants (8.2) in the country, São Paulo was one of the only four states that had an increase (in this case, 7.5%) in this indicator last year. In part, by the discharge of police lethality, pulled mainly by operations carried out in cities of Baixada Santista.
According to the data released this year, there were 301 victims due to the action of PMs from January to June, practically a stability compared to the 300 cases registered in the same period of 2024.
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Capital data
- Thefts: were up 3.9% in the 1st semester, with 123.7 thousand cases
- Thefts: They dropped 14.1% in the 1st semester, with 51,300 cases
- Rapes: were up 3.2% in the 1st semester, with almost 1,500 cases
- MATROCINES: They dropped 22.2% in the 1st semester, with 21 victims
- Homicides: were high of 15.5% in the 1st semester, with 268 victims
Numbers No State
- Thefts: were high of 1% in the 1st semester, with 277 thousand cases
- Thefts: had a 15.3% drop in the 1st semester, with 85.5 thousand cases
- Rapes: were up 2.1% in the 1st semester, with almost 7,300 cases
- MATROCINES: They dropped 23.9% in the 1st semester, with 70 victims
- Homicides: rose 0.9% in the 1st quarter, with 1,300 victims
What the Secretariat of Public Security says
The SSP states that nearly 110,000 arrests were held in the first half of the state, the largest number since 2019. “Most of the arrests (about 60%) happened in the act. 7,128 illegal firearms were also collected in the semester – 121 were rifles,” he says.
Regarding the high of sexual violence in the first half, the folder adds that, when analyzing the month June, the reports of rape registered in the capital’s police stations fell 19.5%, with 194 police reports.
“To face this type of crime, the SSP acts both in the investigation and arrest of the authors, as well as in stimulating the denunciation and combating underground, through the expansion of specialized care,” he says. “The state has a 24 -hour complaints structure, with 142 Women’s Defense Police stations (DDMs) and 162 DDMs rooms on police shifts.”
