Mogi das Cruzes is the 20th safest city in the country; check Alto Tietê ranking

With the exception of Mogi das Cruzes, which recorded the same rate as the state of São Paulo, all other cities in Alto Tietê had homicide rates above the state average. In a note to g1, the city councils of Mogi das Cruzes, Itaquaquecetuba, Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Poá and Suzano stated that they have invested in strengthening public security since the year of the survey (see the full notes below). The Public Security Secretariat of São Paulo stated that the state has the lowest homicide rate in the country, according to the Atlas of Violence 2026. The department also highlighted that, in the area of the Mogi das Cruzes Section, homicides fell 41.3% between January and May 2026, compared to the same period in 2025. Homicides in Alto Tietê Body found in the Center of Mogi das Cruzes Aniele Santos/TV Diário The five cities in Alto Tietê included in the survey together recorded 161 homicides in 2024. Itaquaquecetuba recorded the highest number of homicides in the region, with 52 cases. Suzano appears next, with 41; Mogi das Cruzes, with 31; Ferraz de Vasconcelos, with 22; and Poá, with 15. Check out the numbers:

Atlas of Violence 2026 All cities in Alto Tietê that appear in the ranking recorded homicide rates below the national average. In 2024, Brazil had 42,590 homicides, equivalent to a rate of 20.1 per 100,000 inhabitants. The Violence Atlas analyzed the 5,570 Brazilian municipalities with valid information. Of this total, 1,578 did not register homicides in the period analyzed. Despite this, the average rate among municipalities was 20 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. In half of Brazilian cities, however, the index was below 15.3. According to the report, the national average is driven up by a relatively small number of municipalities with very high rates of violence. In 2024, half of the country's homicides occurred in just 99 municipalities, equivalent to 1.8% of Brazilian cities. The 10 municipalities with the highest number of homicides accounted for 19.4% of all deaths recorded in the country. Infographic for HOME - Map shows homicide rate in Brazil in 2024 by states art/g1 What city halls say Ferraz de Vasconcelos The Ferraz de Vasconcelos City Hall informed g1 that official data from the Analysis and Planning Coordination (CAP), of the Public Security Secretariat of the State of São Paulo, indicate a reduction in homicide rates in the municipality in recent years. According to the administration, the rate went from 7.8 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023 to 5.9 in 2024 and fell to 3.76 in 2025, a different rate from the estimate of 11.9 per 100,000 inhabitants presented by the Violence Atlas. The city hall stated that it has been investing since 2023 in training the Municipal Civil Guard (GCM), in the acquisition of equipment, in expanding the use of technology and in strengthening the Ferrazense Integrated Monitoring Center. It also informed that it intends to expand the GCM's workforce through a public competition scheduled for 2027, update the corporation's legislation and maintain investments in technology, prevention and integration with other security forces. Itaquaquecetuba In a note, the city of Itaquaquecetuba reported: "The City of Itaquaquecetuba informs that, since 2021, it has been expanding investments in public security with the strengthening of the Municipal Civil Guard (GCM). During this period, new vehicles, weapons, equipment and technologies were incorporated, in addition to the intensification of agent training and integration with the Civil and Military police. The actions allowed to expand the corporation's operational capacity and make the work more strategic in confronting to crime. The measures implemented remain permanent public policies. Among them are preventive and overt patrolling in all regions of the city, integrated operations with state security forces, camera monitoring, use of police intelligence to direct teams, inspection in areas with higher criminal incidence and protection of public facilities, such as schools, health units and municipal buildings. Currently, the Public Security Secretariat coordinates GCM actions based on problem-oriented policing, using intelligence, analysis of criminal indicators and strategic planning to define operations. One example is the work carried out in Parque Residencial Marengo, on the border with Suzano, a region that has historically concentrated homicides related to drug trafficking. With the permanent presence of the GCM and integrated operations, the neighborhood recorded the elimination of these crimes and the dismantling of criminal factions.