7Macaé

Macaé, Brazil: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 7 out of 10 Low crime

7/10 in Rio de Janeiro · 1/10 in the world

Compared with 92 places in Rio de Janeiro (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 15,079 per 100,000 people (12 months to September 2026)

Crime by type, as recorded by ISP-RJ (12 months to September 2026)

Type	Count	Per 100,000 a year	All places this source covers
Homicide
Intentional homicide	15	6.1	16.7
Counted in victims, not cases.
Femicide	2	0.8	0.7
Counted in victims, not cases.
Robbery resulting in death	0	0	0.5
Counted in victims, not cases.
Assault resulting in death	1	0.4	0.3
Counted in victims, not cases.
Sexual offences
Rape	97	39.4	38.4
Counted in victims, not cases.
Violence
Attempted homicide	53	21.5	22.3
Attempts only; counted in victims.
Attempted femicide	7	2.8	2.1
Attempts only; counted in victims.
Assault causing injury	979	397.3	426.2
Counted in victims, not cases.
Kidnapping for ransom	0	0	0
Counted in victims, not cases.
Threats	1,355	549.9	484
Counted in victims, not cases.
Robbery
Street robbery	34	13.8	149.2
Mobile phone robbery	27	11	134.9
Robbery on public transport	2	0.8	16
Vehicle robbery	33	13.4	161
Cargo robbery	1	0.4	19.2
Robbery of a shop or business	11	4.5	13.8
Home robbery	1	0.4	3.9
Cash machine robbery	0	0	0.1
Robbery forcing the victim to withdraw cash	0	0	0.1
Robbery after a cash withdrawal	0	0	0.7
Bicycle robbery	0	0	1.5
Other robbery	23	9.3	66.5
Includes the robberies that ended in a death (whose victims are also counted under robbery resulting in death).
Express kidnapping	1	0.4	1
Counted in victims, not cases.
Extortion	117	47.5	28.8
Theft and burglary
Vehicle theft	144	58.4	98.5
Theft from a person	89	36.1	92.3
Theft on public transport	44	17.9	46.4
Mobile phone theft	233	94.6	251.7
Bicycle theft	35	14.2	25.5
Other theft	945	383.5	571.7
Drugs
Drug seizures	661	268.3	170.5
Police records of drug possession, dealing or seizure, one per record.
Other
Fraud	3,172	1,287.4	1,002.4

Source: ISP-RJ, updated 26 October 2026.