Security Yearbook: feminicides break record, murder rate is the lowest since 2012 Amapá had the biggest increase in the feminicide rate in the country in 2025, according to the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook released this Thursday (23). The data also shows that the state leads the ranking of attempted murders against women and maintains critical rates in sexual and threat crimes. The local scenario reflects a national trend of "selective retreat" in violence: while overall female homicides fell in Brazil, gender-motivated murders rose 4%, reaching the highest percentage in the historical series. ? Click here to follow the g1 AP channel on WhatsApp ? According to the Penal Code, feminicide is the murder of women for reasons involving domestic and family violence or disregard or discrimination against the condition of women. There were 1,571 femicides last year, an increase of 4% compared to the 1,504 crimes recorded in 2024. This means 4 women killed per day. It is the largest number of records since the creation of this type of crime -- which happened in 2015. Femicide records year by year Art/g1 Femicides in Amapá Amapá recorded a 347.7% increase in the rate of femicides between 2024 and 2025, reaching 2.2 victims for every 100,000 women, the largest percentage increase in the country. The state was ahead of Acre, with an increase of 74.3% and a rate of 3.2, and Rondônia, which presented an increase of 66% and a rate of 2.9. When analyzing all violent deaths of women, including those not motivated by gender, Amapá also had the highest increase in Brazil: 198.5%, with a rate of 4.5 victims per 100 thousand women. The index was well above the national average, which fell 5.5% in the period. The country's highest rate of attempted feminicides. In addition to completed deaths, the state of Amapá recorded the most alarming rate of survivors of gender-based violence. Amapá had 14.9 attempted femicides for every 100,000 women in 2025, a volume almost four times higher than the Brazilian average. Crimes that precede fatal violence in AP The increase in femicides in Amapá follows the increase in crimes that act as a warning sign for the escalation of domestic violence: Threat: Amapá recorded the second highest rate of threats against women in the country, with 1,491.3 records per 100,000 women, a rate more than twice the national average (720.9). The state was second only to Santa Catarina (1,733). Sexual harassment: Records in the state rose from 253 cases in 2024 to 277 in 2025. Protective measures: The number of non-compliance with protective measures rose from 505 in 2024, to 519 in 2025. READ MORE: For the 2nd year, Amapá is the most violent state in Brazil and leads in police lethality, according to the Violence Yearbook only female victims were calculated, with 127.7 per 100 thousand women. Seven of the eight states with the highest rates of sexual violence are in the Legal Amazon. In absolute numbers in Amapá, the survey shows: Rape (female victims): Drop from 152 cases in 2024 to 145 in 2025. Rape of vulnerable people (female victims): Drop from 561 cases in 2024 to 370 in 2025. Sexual harassment: Drop from 112 to 109 occurrences. The national panorama of feminicide According to the research, in Brazil, 1,571 women were killed for reasons of gender in 2025. In total, 44.4% of all murders of women in the country were classified as feminicide, the highest proportion recorded since 2015, the year in which the crime was classified. National data show the main characteristics of this type of crime: Authorship: 79.8% of femicides in the country were committed by partners or ex-partners of the victims. Only 2.8% were carried out by strangers. Location of the crime: 62.5% of deaths occurred inside the home (of the victim or the attacker), while only 19.7% occurred on public roads. Profile: The age group with the highest volume of victims was 25 to 29 years old (17.2%). Black women represented 74.6% of those killed in other types of female homicide. The year 2025 was the first complete year under Law No. 14,994/2024, which made feminicide an autonomous crime in the Penal Code, detaching it from the condition of qualifying intentional homicide, when there is an intention to kill. Highlights of Amapá in the National Scenario (2025) What the State Secretariat of Justice and Public Security of Amapá (Sejusp) says Intentional Lethal Violent Crimes (CVLI), the result of investments in the sector that exceed R$460 million in this period. The application of rates per 100,000 inhabitants in Amapá, a state with around 806,000 residents, generates statistical distortions when comparing it to large metropolises, as small absolute variations cause a disproportionate impact on the rates. Furthermore, the publication merges CVLI with deaths due to police intervention, making it technically inappropriate to equate legitimate actions by law enforcement agents with serious crimes by criminal organizations. According to the official MJSP metric, Amapá has accumulated three and a half years of reductions in CVLI. In 2023 there were 336 deaths; in 2024 the number fell to 226; and 2025 recorded the lowest rate in the recent series, with 204 cases. In 2026 (until July 20), there are 112 occurrences. The detail shows that, between 2023 and 2026, hos