Every 24 hours in 2025approximately 12 women were victims of some type of violence. This is what the study data points out “They Live: the urgency of life”from the Security Observatories Network, which monitored nine Brazilian states throughout the year.
According to the survey, obtained exclusively by CNN Brazil, 4,558 women were victimized, which represents an increase in 9% compared to 2024.
Among those, the increase in cases of sexual violence and rape drew attention. Registrations increased 56.6%, going from 602 to 961 cases. The profile of the victims reveals an alarming scenario: 56.5% were children and adolescents between 0 and 17 years old.
Among the most frequent occurrences are attempted feminicide and aggression, which amounted to 1,798 records.
The study also analyzed false imprisonment, damage to property, feminicide, homicide, kidnapping and suppression of documents, among others.
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Violence by state
Among the nine states analyzed, São Paulo and Amazonas llead the ranking of occurrences.
In the state of São Paulo, between 2020 and 2025, 5,881 cases of gender-based violenceand since 2023 the annual number . In 2025 alone, there were 1,065 cases, of which 549 were committed by partners or ex-partners of the victims.
Amazonas appears in second place, with 1,023 caseseven though it has a population almost ten times smaller than that of São Paulo. The state recorded 54 deaths of women — including homicides, feminicides and transfeminicides. Among the 353 victims of sexual violence, 78.4% were between 0 and 17 years old.
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Research methodology
The data was produced from daily monitoring of news published in the media about violence and public security. The information collected from different sources was recorded in a database, which subsequently underwent review and consolidation.
According to the Observatory Network, this monitoring makes it possible to identify cases that present evidence of violence against women, but which are not always classified in this way by the authorities, such as situations of bodily harm, threats and other forms of aggression.
*Under AR supervision.
