3São Mateus

São Mateus, Brazil: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 3 out of 10 Above average crime

3/10 in Espírito Santo · 1/10 in the world

Compared with 78 places in Espírito Santo (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 13,315 per 100,000 people (12 months to December 2025)

Crime by type, as recorded by SESP-ES (12 months to December 2025)

Type	Count	Per 100,000 a year	All places this source covers
Homicide
Intentional homicide	47	38	19.9
Counted in victims, not cases.
Femicide	1	0.8	0.9
Counted in victims, not cases.
Violence
Domestic violence	830	670.7	629.7
Cases under the Maria da Penha law (threats, assaults and other offences against women at home).
Robbery
Street robbery	125	101	216.1
Robbery on public transport	0	0	18.9
Robbery of a shop or business	7	5.7	9.8
Robbery in a home	12	9.7	4.9
Vehicle robbery	30	24.2	36.3
Vehicle robberies not already counted under the types above (in the street, on public transport, in a shop, at home).
Phone robbery	17	13.7	31.9
Phone robberies not already counted under the types above (in the street, on public transport, in a shop, at home).
Bicycle robbery	1	0.8	5.4
Bicycle robberies not already counted under the types above (in the street, on public transport, in a shop, at home).
Theft and burglary
Theft from a person in the street	76	61.4	87.1
Theft on public transport	10	8.1	63.9
Theft from a shop or business	51	41.2	104.7
Theft from a home	112	90.5	105.1
Vehicle theft	67	54.1	98.1
Vehicle thefts not already counted under the types above (in the street, on public transport, in a shop, at home).
Phone theft	37	29.9	108.2
Phone thefts not already counted under the types above (in the street, on public transport, in a shop, at home).
Bicycle theft	7	5.7	50.5
Bicycle thefts not already counted under the types above (in the street, on public transport, in a shop, at home).
Other
Fraud	995	804	1,368.1
Cybercrime	127	102.6	69.6
Cases not already counted as fraud.

Source: SESP-ES, updated 26 October 2026.