The number of robberies followed by death and intentional homicides fell in February in São Paulo, but cases of rape, robberies, and thefts in general increased in comparison with the same month last year. According to data released on Monday (27/03) by the São Paulo State Secretariat for Public Security (SSP), there were 11 cases of robbery followed by death in February this year, against 17 in the same month of 2021. As for homicides, 223 cases were registered last month, down 4.3% compared to 2022. While the number of rapes increased again. In February alone, 1,110 cases of sexual crimes were reported, which represented an increase of 19.2% compared to February last year. Other crimes that also increased in February were robberies and thefts. Robberies went from 18,152 records last year to 18,418 this year. And the number of thefts increased further, around 10.7%, having gone from 39,765 occurrences to 44,001.
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26/03/2023 – One criminal died, and two others managed to escape after a retired military police officer reacted to an attempted robbery in Jardim São Luiz, South Zone. According to Military Police, the crime occurred when the victim was arriving at his house. As the retired office entered, three armed criminals approached and announced the robbery. Upon realizing the action, he reacted and fought the criminals. At one point, the former PM pulled out his gun and shot the trio. During the shooting, one of them was hit.
26/03/2023 – A man was surrendered and robbed by an armed robber when he was with friends at a table in a bar in Itaim Bibi neighborhood, West Zone. The bandit had a specific target: the luxury watch the man was wearing.
27/03/2023 – An app driver was kidnapped on Avenida Pedro Bueno in the Jabaquara neighborhood, South Zone. To surrender the worker, bandits pretended they were crossing the street. When the driver slowed down the vehicle, criminals surrendered him and took over the vehicle steering. Military Police on patrol noticed something strange in the car and stopped. During the approach they discovered the crime.
27/03/2023 – A 13-year-old teenager killed a teacher and injured four other people at a school on Rua Doutor Adolfo Melo Júnior, in Vila Sônia, West Zone. The attack took place around 7:30, when classes had already started. Parents of students said that there would have been fights between students in the last week. The author of the attacks would have been one of those involved and the teacher victim of the attack, one of those who separated the conflicts. Video from the security camera in the room where the attack took place shows the student attacking a teacher at the entrance to the classroom. He stabs the woman several times in the head. She tries to defend herself and falls to the ground. Then two employees appear to contain the student. The aggressor was apprehended and taken to a police station.
28/03/2023 – A man ran from the criminals, had belongings stolen, but managed to avoid being kidnaped on Rua Miguel Ribas, in Jaraguá, North Zone. Videos from security cameras recorded when a 60-year-old engineer was walking down the street when he was waiting for a woman with whom he had arranged to meet on a dating app. Two men appeared in a car. Frightened, the man struggled with them. At the police station, the victim passed their characteristics to the police, who managed to find and arrest the three criminals.
29/03/2023 – Drug users caused a chaos and destruction in the Cracolândia region, between Gusmões and Conselheiro Nébias streets, in downtown São Paulo. Security camera footage shows drug users breaking into a parking lot to use as shelter, when they are kicked out by security. Metropolitan Civil Guards (GCM) also appeared, trying to contain the crowd.
29/03/2023 – Two armed criminals, on a motorcycle, robbed singer MC Gui’s parents in the Jardim Anália Franco neighborhood, East Zone. Military police officers arrived when they were finishing the robbery, as they had already received complaints from other victims. One of the criminals, a minor, was arrested. The police seized a gun from him.
30/03/2023 – An 8-year-old boy was shot in the head when two criminals tried to rob a car with goods in Campo Limpo, South Zone. According to the Military Police (PM), a driver was making deliveries in the Jardim Umuarama region, escorted by a security guard on a motorcycle. At a certain point in the journey, two criminals, in a car, approached and tried to rob him, on Odemis Street. When the victim accelerated to try to escape, the criminals noticed and shot at the security guard. According to the PM, they missed and hit the head of a child who was on the boardwalk.
30/03/2023 – A man was shot dead in front of a school in Jardim Figueira Grande, South Zone. A criminal inside a car shot several times at a man who was in another car on Rua Bácio de Filicaia. The Fire Department was triggered and found the victim dead at the scene. There was no physical struggle, or anything was robbed in the car, so police believes that the crime is an execution.
