
Security and Rio de Janeiro are two terms that don’t usually go together in the same sentence. However, within the state, there are cities that can be considered safe. At least according to Anuário 2024, an initiative of the MySide platform based on data from the Ministry of Health and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Find out more about the index and which are the safest cities in Rio de Janeiro.
Petrópolis, Nova Friburgo and more: the safest cities in Rio de Janeiro
The ranking of the safest cities is a survey carried out by the MySide platform, a company specializing in technology and services in the real estate sector.
The study is based on data from the Ministry of Health and the IBGE, considering the homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants per Brazilian municipality. According to the most recent Yearbook, Petrópolis stood out among the safest cities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, as did Nova Friburgo and Teresópolis, cities close to Rio located in the mountainous region.
The Cidade Maravilhosa, on the other hand, is also in the top ten, but its mortality rates are very high compared to the state average. Check out the top 10!
- Petrópolis
- Nova Friburgo
- Teresópolis
- Magé
- Niterói
- Rio das Ostras
- Campo dos Goytacazes
- Rio de Janeiro
- Maricá
- Volta Redonda
To see the rankings of all the safest cities in Brazil, check out the Yearbook 2024 complete.
Find out how the 2024 Yearbook is evaluated
The main criterion for evaluating the safest cities is the homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants in each municipality. This is a globally recognized indicator , used by many international organizations in their reports, for
regional and temporal comparisons.
In addition, the use of this indicator also makes it possible to adjust the absolute numbers of homicides by population size, which facilitates comparative analyses and also the formulation of more effective public policies.
It is also worth noting that the platform uses data from the Ministry of Health as it is a source that follows uniform criteria in all states.
This guarantees the methodological consistency necessary for more reliable comparisons, minimizing conflicts of interest.
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