Notifications went from 50,448 in 2020 to 47,503 last year, the lowest since 2011. Included are murders and robberies followed by death, plus killings resulting from police interventions and fatal injuries.
Moïse Kabagambe, a Congolese immigrant, was beaten to death following an argument at a beach kiosk in Barra da Tijuca, in western Rio de Janeiro.
According to the 2021 Violence Atlas, homicide rate among the indigenous went up from 15 in every 100 thousand people in 2009 to 18.3 in every 100 thousand in 2019.
In 2017 alone, 63,880 violent deaths were reported in the country, the highest number in the Brazil's recent history. Figures show that 175 people were murdered daily, up 2.9 percent from 2016. The rate is 30.8 deaths for every 100 thousand people.
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