Violence surges, breaking Alckmin's moral compass.
Official indicators for March regarding violence show a failure of public security policy in São Paulo; intentional homicides increased by 37,3% in the capital and 9,95% in other cities; rapes and car thefts also increased; security will hardly be a campaign asset for Geraldo Alckmin's reelection in 2014, but it is the population that suffers the consequences.
247 – Public safety, combating violence, and the rise in crime are decidedly not Governor Geraldo Alckmin's favorite subjects. In these areas, his third term as governor of São Paulo is a complete failure. Numbers recently released by the State Public Security Secretariat show worsening crime rates in almost all indicators in the city of São Paulo between February and March of this year.
The number of victims of intentional homicides increased by 37,3%, from 91 in February to 125 in March. Compared to March 2012, the increase was 26,2%. At that time, 99 victims were recorded.
Rape cases increased by 8%, rising from 287 in February of this year to 311 in March. This indicator has registered consecutive increases since December 2012.
The number of stolen vehicles jumped from 3.557 to 4.378 in the months analyzed, an increase of 23%. Meanwhile, cases of vehicle theft rose from 3.463 to 4.201 in the same period, increasing by 21%. However, cases of intentional bodily injury in traffic accidents increased from 3.430 in February to 3.752 in March.
There was a reduction only in the indicators of cases of victims of manslaughter – from 7 to 6 – and robbery resulting in death – from 15 to 10, in the capital.
In the state, the number of homicide victims increased by 9,95%, reaching 432 in March. In the same month last year, 410 victims of intentional homicide were recorded – compared to March 2013, there was an increase of 5,3%.
In March, the Security Secretariat recorded 34 victims of robbery followed by death, compared to 36 in the same month of 2012 (a decrease of 5,5%). Between February and March, however, there was a 3% increase, jumping from 33 to 34.
The number of people killed in confrontations with the Civil Police fell from seven in the first quarter of 2012 to two in the same period this year throughout the state of São Paulo. Meanwhile, deaths in confrontations with the Military Police fell from 112 to 65.