Of the 50 cities with the most cell phone thefts in Brazil, 15 are in SP; see list

Of the 50 Brazilian cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants that recorded the highest rates of cell phone theft and robbery last year, 15 are in the state of São Paulo. This is equivalent to 30% of the municipalities on the list.

The data is part of the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook, which was released this Thursday (18) by the Brazilian Public Security Forum.

The city that leads the list is Manaus (AM), which registered a rate of 2,096.3 cell phones stolen per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023. Other capitals are included in the ranking: Teresina (PI), São Paulo (SP), Salvador (BA), Belém (PA), Macapá (AP), Recife (PE), Natal (RN), São Luís (MA), Fortaleza (CE), Belo Horizonte (MG), Vitória (ES), Brasília (DF), Florianópolis (SC), Curitiba (PR), Rio Branco (AC), Aracaju (SE), Maceió (AL) and Boa Vista (RR). See the full list below.

Eight other capitals are not on the list. They are:

• Campo Grande, MS)
• Cuiaba (MT)
• Goiania (GO)
• John Person (PB)
• Palmas (TO)
• Porto Alegre (RS)
• Old Port (RO)
• Rio de Janeiro – RJ)

Of the 15 cities in São Paulo that recorded the highest rates of cell phone theft and robbery last year, 11 are in Greater São Paulo. The other four are on the coast.

Municipalities with the highest rates of cell phone theft or robbery in SP:

• São Paulo
• Itapecerica da Serra
• Diadem
• Poa
• Guaruja
• Ferraz de Vasconcelos
• Saint Andrew
• Itaquaquecetuba
• Itanhaem
• Saint Vincent
• Osasco
• Big beach
• São Bernardo do Campo
• Taboao da Serra
• Suzano

A CNN contacted the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat, but received no response.

Information about the crimes

According to information from the yearbook, 78% of cell phone thefts last year occurred on public roads. In the case of thefts, 44% occurred on streets and avenues.

Regarding the days of the week, most thefts (35%) occurred on Saturdays and Sundays. Robberies are more frequent between Tuesday and Friday.

The data indicate that cell phone thefts affected men and women in equal proportions, but thefts affected men more (58% of the total). Young people between 20 and 29 years old were the ones who had the most devices stolen.

“The analysis of the dynamics associated with cell phone thefts and robberies in Brazil confirms the idea that they are crimes of opportunity and susceptible to several variables of location, time, victims’ purchasing power and type of device”, says the Brazilian Public Security Forum.

See the full list: