The São Paulo municipality holds the record for the lowest incidence of intentional violent deaths per 100,000 residents in Brazil, as per the 17th Brazilian Yearbook of Public Security’s findings. In 2022, São Paulo registered a rate of 8.4 homicides per 100,000 people, notably below the national average of 23.4. Last year, São Paulo marked […]
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