Macapá has the highest rate of intentional violent deaths (MVI) among Brazilian capitals, according to the 16th edition of the Brazilian Public Safety Yearbook, released this Tuesday (28).
According to the document, the capital of Amapá recorded an average rate of 63.2 violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants last year.
In the general average among the capitals, according to the yearbook, there was a drop of 7.9% in the 2020 index for last year. Six of the 27 states had an increase in the index.
The first 14 are capitals with the highest rates of violence on the list are from states in the North and Northeast.
São Paulo was the capital with the lowest average in the index, with 7.7 violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021, against 9.5 in the previous year and a variation of -19.1%.
Translated by Kiratiana Freelon