5Araruama

Araruama, Brazil: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 5 out of 10 Average crime

5/10 in Rio de Janeiro · 1/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 17,463 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	11.6	16.7
Counted in victims, not cases.
Femicide	2	1.5	0.7
Counted in victims, not cases.
Robbery resulting in death	0	0	0.5
Counted in victims, not cases.
Assault resulting in death	0	0	0.3
Counted in victims, not cases.
Sexual offences
Rape	61	47	38.4
Counted in victims, not cases.
Violence
Attempted homicide	17	13.1	22.3
Attempts only; counted in victims.
Attempted femicide	7	5.4	2.1
Attempts only; counted in victims.
Assault causing injury	620	478.1	426.2
Counted in victims, not cases.
Kidnapping for ransom	0	0	0
Counted in victims, not cases.
Threats	756	583	484
Counted in victims, not cases.
Robbery
Street robbery	39	30.1	149.2
Mobile phone robbery	35	27	134.9
Robbery on public transport	0	0	16
Vehicle robbery	54	41.6	161
Cargo robbery	2	1.5	19.2
Robbery of a shop or business	6	4.6	13.8
Home robbery	4	3.1	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	1	0.8	0.7
Bicycle robbery	1	0.8	1.5
Other robbery	14	10.8	66.5
Includes the robberies that ended in a death (whose victims are also counted under robbery resulting in death).
Express kidnapping	0	0	1
Counted in victims, not cases.
Extortion	51	39.3	28.8
Theft and burglary
Vehicle theft	80	61.7	98.5
Theft from a person	26	20.1	92.3
Theft on public transport	4	3.1	46.4
Mobile phone theft	176	135.7	251.7
Bicycle theft	15	11.6	25.5
Other theft	690	532.1	571.7
Drugs
Drug seizures	336	259.1	170.5
Police records of drug possession, dealing or seizure, one per record.
Other
Fraud	1,415	1,091.2	1,002.4

Source: ISP-RJ, updated 26 October 2026.