Botafogo is the district in the South zone with the highest number of pedestrian thefts in the first half of 2025; Ipanema saw a significant increase

Botafogo is the fourth neighborhood in Rio where there were the most thefts committed by passers-by between January and June of this year, with 275 cases recorded, behind Centro (1,234), Tijuca (409) and Barra da Tijuca (330). It is the district with the greatest number of records in the South Zone. Among the city’s 147 neighborhoods, Flamengo (232) is eighth among those with the highest number of crimes during this period, while Glória (197) and Copacabana (162) rank 11th and 15th respectively in the ranking, according to Mapa do Crime, an interactive tool whose second edition was launched this week by GLOBO. Ipanema is the neighborhood in the region with the highest percentage increase in such incidents, 58.7%: there were 46 cases during the first half of 2024, and another 73 during the same period in 2025.

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In the region, only Vidigal saw a larger percentage increase than Ipanema, despite a small number of bystander thefts in absolute numbers. Two cases were recorded in the first half of this year, 100% more than the one that occurred between January and June 2024.

Other neighborhoods with an increase in crime in the southern zone were Catete (51.9%), Urca (50%), Glória (48.1%), Jardim Botânico (26.7%) and Flamengo (24.1%). The others maintained their rates from the first half of last year — cases only in Cosme Velho (with one theft against a passerby) and São Conrado, with nine — or experienced a reduction, with emphasis on Leblon (drop of 31.8%), the neighborhood with the highest percentage decrease in the region. Leme (decrease of 24%) and Copacabana (decrease of 13.8%) complete the ranking.

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However, in absolute figures, despite the decrease in some cases, some neighborhoods in the southern zone of Rio record hundreds of thefts committed by passers-by, such as Botafogo, Flamengo, Glória and Copacabana.

In the first half of this year, on the other hand, Rocinha (no records), Cosme Velho (1), Vidigal (2), São Conrado (9) and Urca (9) recorded less than ten incidents of crime.

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Consult the ranking of the districts of the South Zone with the highest number of robberies by passers-by from January to June 2025:

Botafogo: 275
Flamengo: 232
Glory: 197
Copacabana: 162
Ipanema: 73
Orange trees: 60
Category: 41
Lagoon: 38
Leblon: 30
Humaita: 20

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What is the crime map?

What are the most dangerous neighborhoods in Rio and Niterói? Where have the thefts progressed? When is the least safe time to walk in your neighborhood? To help answer these questions and understand the dynamics of violence in these cities, GLOBO developed the Crime Map, an interactive theft monitoring tool with unprecedented crime data by neighborhood.

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After launching the first edition in the middle of this year, with data from 2024 referring to the city of Rio, we are now publishing the second edition of the platform, based on data referring to the first half of 2025, with information on four different crimes — cell phone thefts, thefts from passers-by, vehicle thefts and collective thefts — in 147 different neighborhoods of the capital of Rio de Janeiro, in addition to 51 neighborhoods of Niterói.

The tool was created using microdata obtained via the Access to Information Act from the Institute of Public Security (ISP). The body, responsible for compiling security statistics in the state, publishes monthly indicators divided by battalion and police station areas, which in most cases cover several neighborhoods. Seeking to understand hyperlocal criminal dynamics, GLOBO requested more precise data on the location of crimes and received information on the neighborhoods where each incident was recorded, the smallest territorial unit made available by the ISP. This is the first time crime indicators in Rio have been published with this level of detail.