The second highest volume appears in Cidade Nova, which recorded 55 collective flights in the first half of 2025, compared to 35 during the same period in 2024, an increase of 57.1%. Next comes Santo Cristo, with 21 cases, compared to 17 recorded the previous year, a growth of 23.5%. Santa Teresa also saw significant progress, going from six to ten occurrences, an increase of 66.7%.
On the other hand, certain neighborhoods have experienced decline or stability. In Catumbi, registrations decreased from four to three cases (−25%), while Estácio remained stable, with seven occurrences in both periods. In Rio Comprido, although the absolute number remains low, there has been significant growth: thefts increased from two to five cases, an increase of 150%, indicating an increase in crime in previously little-affected areas.
See the ranking of collective flights in the Central region of Rio (1st half of 2025):
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.
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.
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