1Recife

Recife, Brazil: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 1 out of 10 High crime

1/10 in Pernambuco · 1/10 in the world

Compared with 185 places in Pernambuco (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 14,528 per 100,000 people (12 months to September 2026)

Crime by type, as recorded by SDS-PE (12 months to September 2026)

Type	Count	Per 100,000 a year	All places this source covers
Homicide
Intentional homicide	460	30.9	29.2
Counted in victims, not cases; includes infanticide and rape of a minor resulting in death.
Femicide	11	0.7	0.8
Counted in victims, not cases.
Robbery resulting in death	12	0.8	0.6
Counted in victims, not cases.
Assault resulting in death	1	0.1	0.3
Counted in victims, not cases.
Sexual offences
Rape	124	8.3	7.2
Counted in victims; includes rape within the family and gang rape.
Rape of a child or vulnerable person	308	20.7	22.6
Counted in victims; under 14 or unable to resist, within the family included.
Violence
Domestic assault	2,674	179.6	182.6
Violence against women at home or in the family, counted in victims.
Domestic threats, stalking and confinement	4,667	313.4	300.3
Against women at home or in the family, counted in victims; includes coercion and ill-treatment.
Robbery
Robbery and violent extortion	10,204	685.3	314.3
Every robbery and violent extortion, counted in cases; robbery resulting in death is under homicide.
Other
Other domestic offences	4,222	283.6	243.8
Insult, defamation, criminal damage, disturbance and other offences against women at home or in the family, counted in victims.

Source: SDS-PE, updated 26 October 2026.