Crime in Brazil
involves an elevated incidence of violent and non-violent crimes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crime in Brazil has had an increase in violent and non-violent crimes.[2] According to most sources, Brazil has high rates of violent crimes, such as murders and robberies. The homicide rate was getting smaller, but has started going back up from 2006 onwards. In 2010 it was above 25 homicides per 100,000 people. This makes is one of the 20 worst rates in the world.[3]