Security Yearbook: feminicides break record, murder rate is the lowest since 2012 The ten cities with the fewest records of violent deaths in Brazil in 2025 are divided between São Paulo and Santa Catarina. The states have the lowest death rates per group of 100 thousand inhabitants in the country, according to data from the Public Security Yearbook, from the Brazilian Public Security Forum (FBSP). The 2026 edition was announced on Thursday (23). ?Download the g1 app to see news in real time and for free. The leader is São Caetano do Sul, in ABC Paulista, with 1.2 deaths recorded for every 100 thousand inhabitants. Next comes Tubarão, in Santa Catarina, with 1.7 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants. In total, seven municipalities in São Paulo and three in Santa Catarina are among the ten lowest mortality rates. ? Intentional violent deaths are classified as: intentional homicides (with intent to kill), feminicides, robberies (robberies followed by death), bodily injuries followed by death and deaths committed by police officers. See the ranking of lowest rates: List shows the ten municipalities with the lowest rates of violent deaths in the country in 2025 Art/g1 See at the end of this text the list with the rates of all 338 Brazilian municipalities with more than 100 thousand inhabitants, from lowest to highest rate. READ ALSO: Femicides hit record; murder has the lowest number in 13 years David Marques, program manager at the Brazilian Public Security Forum, assesses that São Paulo is an example of a "profound and very significant reduction" in violent crime rates since the 2000s, while Santa Catarina has the size of its territory and security policies among the factors that contribute to the one-point improvement in the rate of violent deaths. "These are good indications. The case of São Paulo is already very well known, but the case of Santa Catarina can be better explored, better known from the point of view of public security policy, the criminal context, organized criminal dynamics, which can help to illuminate some possible paths for the rest of the country as well", he assesses. The expert celebrates the "positive" scenario and "in line with the general reduction in lethal violence in Brazil", with Santa Catarina and São Paulo competing to be the state with the lowest rate of violent deaths -- the southern state now has the lowest death rate this year, surpassing São Paulo, which had led the ranking since 2014 (read more below). "We already had this 'rivalry' in relation to this homicide rate. If we look at the editions of the yearbook, we will always find these two states [SP and SC] among the lowest rates of intentional violent deaths", says the expert. Most violent municipalities in the country On the other hand, all ten cities with the highest rates of intentional violent deaths are in the Northeast. Half are in Bahia, another three in Ceará, one in Pernambuco and one in Paraíba. The leadership of the ranking remains with Maranguape (CE), the most violent municipality in 2025: there are 100.3 intentional violent deaths committed per 100 thousand inhabitants, an increase compared to the 80 per 100 thousand registered in 2024. Brazil achieves goal of reducing homicides to 16 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants Three cities in Bahia are among the top five: Eunápolis, in second (rate of 85.1), Porto Seguro, in fourth (71.2) and Simões Filho, in fifth (68.1). See the ranking of highest rates: List shows the ten most violent municipalities in the country in 2025 Art/g1 Santa Catarina is the least violent state; Amapá is the most Among the states, Santa Catarina now has the lowest rate of violent deaths in the country: 7.6 per 100 thousand inhabitants. With the number, the southern state replaces São Paulo as the one with the fewest violent deaths. São Paulo recorded a rate of 7.8 violent deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants. Across the country, 19 states and the Federal District saw a drop in rates, while seven of them saw an increase. See the rates in the infographic below: Map shows the rate of violent deaths in each state and in Brazil Art/g1 Amapá remains the most violent state in the country, even with a 6% reduction in the rate from 2024 to 2025: it went from 45.2 deaths per group of 100 thousand inhabitants to 42.5. The top of the state ranking remains the same compared to 2024, despite drops in rates: In 2nd place, Bahia saw the rate reduce by 10%: from 40.7 to 36.8; In 3rd place, Ceará had a 7.5% drop in the rate of violent deaths, from 37.5 to 34.7. In a note, the Secretariat of Public Security and Social Defense of Ceará (SSPDS-CE) stated that investments made in the last year led to a reduction in the rates of deaths from violent crimes in the first half of 2026. In Maranguape, the reduction in records was 97.4%, compared to the same period in 2025. In Maracanaú, it reduced by 90.9%. In Caucaia, the index fell 56.8%. Brazil had an average of 4 blows per minute in 2025, study shows The conclusions of the 2025 Public Security Yearbook: Femicides broke a record in 2025, which goes against the reduction in violent deaths as a whole. Four women were killed per day on average; Brazil recorded the lowest number of murders since 2012, when the Forum's survey began. There were 40,775 victims, a drop of 8% compared to 2024 (see MAP of the most violent cities and states); For the first time, the country had a violent death rate below 20: it stood at 19.1. It is the lowest number recorded in the history made by the Brazilian Public Security Forum; Other indicators of violence against women registered an increase: more cases of psychological violence (17%), stalking (30%), non-compliance with protective measures (17%) and threats (0.5%). Brazil had three attempted femicides for each crime committed throughout 2025; The ten most violent cities in the country are in the Northeast, half in Bahia. Maranguape (CE) leads the ranking for the 2nd year in a row and was the only municipality to surpass the rate of 100 violent deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants