Crime in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Crime rates in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Level of crime	83.94	Very High
Crime increasing in the past 3 years	71.89	High
Worries home broken and things stolen	55.38	Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed	79.66	High
Worries car stolen	71.61	High
Worries things from car stolen	73.47	High
Worries attacked	57.64	Moderate
Worries being insulted	45.82	Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	29.41	Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	74.69	High
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	77.96	High
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	84.17	Very High
Problem corruption and bribery	89.86	Very High

Safety in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Safety walking alone during daylight		46.73	Moderate
Safety walking alone during night		15.36	Very Low

Contributors: 750

Last update: March 2023

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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7 Comments so far

Camila on Jul 19, 2022:

Ao sair na rua a qualquer horário voce corre o risco de ser roubado ou ate morto por causa de um celular ou qualquer outra coisa fútil. Não importa o bairro, não existe lugar seguro aqui, nem dentro da sua própria casa voce está seguro. Se não for roubado na rua o governo te rouba de alguma maneira, recolhendo seus impostos e não reaplicando em melhorias para o país. Se não for o governo te roubando, alguém certamente em algum momento irá aplicar um golpe em voce para tentar te roubar. Bem vindos ao Brasil um lugar onde é muito fácil ser criminoso.

Anonymous on Apr 19, 2020:

@Anonymous on Apr 17, 2019, the São Paulo city/urbanized region/place has over 20 million and (once again) had 2,000 homicides in 2019. It's dropped and settled into a 2,000-murders-a-year thing in recent years.

The official homicide rate can't be 6 per 100,000. It's more like 10 and this is the lowest it's ever been recorded at.

Looking at Keiko's somewhat hysterical comment above yours, let's be thankful that Brazil hasn't turned into Nigeria. For corruption and violence.

Keiko on Aug 04, 2019:

Not surprisingly Brazil is the most corrupted country on Earth . To those who are ignoring it : see the Odebrecht affair which is a national scandal which stained all institutions and grewn up branches among other Latin American countries . Politicians bribery and (mainly) tough drugs distribution is the top ruling agenda for this big territory . Avoid Sao Paulo , Rio , Porto Alegre , Curitiba , Pernambuco and all other Brazilian cities if you value keeping alive for above fast business' easy money.

Anonymous on Apr 17, 2019:

Well if the numbers are correct the homicide rate in 2018 for region of Sao Paulo Capital -13 millions- is 6/100.000 which is pretty decent and much better than a dozen of big cities in US.
Also there are police blitz and streets patrols all across the board and you feel safe in Sao Paulo in most parts. Of course at night and sone suburbs if you do the know well is better to avoid. Apart of d that I lived 15 years in South zone Sao Paulo and never had any problems never had any incidents. It is a lot related to ok are hours, distant far areas and bad companies. For me Sao Paulo is one of best places on earth to make money and enjoy life. Sorry a kit if sad unhappy people but i like Sao Paulo would not change it easily for elsewhere.

K2 on Mar 07, 2019:

American guy in California here - I've traveled to Sao Paulo going back 30 years ago in 1989 when I was just out of my teens, and most recently about 3 years ago. It's always been a dangerous place, but I think nowadays it's worse that it's ever been. Even in the nice areas like Jardins, Morumbi, Cerqueira César, Moema,etc., anything can happen if you're not careful. The nice areas LOOK nice, have pretty shopping centers, the best hotels and restaurants and stuff, but you still need to watch your back when you're walking those streets. Robberies, car-jacking and assaults are off the charts. It has become an extremely violent place. That said, I have always loved visiting Sao Paulo, although as I've gotten older, not as much as I did when I was younger. I took chances and did things back then that I would never do now. I may visit Sao Paulo one last time....maybe. Or maybe not.

Anonymous on Mar 03, 2019:

I live in Sao Paulo, in Itaim Bibi, the neighboord that i live is not that dangerous, nevertheless i prefer to walk inside shopping malls where there are armed private security. Most of the east side of the side is very dangerous, if you are visiting Sao Paulo, you can go to Jardins, Cerqueira César, Pinheiros, Morumbi and Vila Olimpia, all the rest are dangerous. You can visit the Oscar Freire street which has luxurius stores and jewelery stores, this street and the soroundings tend to be safer than the rest of the city, just stay away from Paraisópolis, other favelas and the east zone

Pedro Lopes on Mar 03, 2019:

yeah it's Brazil so what would you expect, a shithole like everywhere else in this country

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