Pará reduces vehicle theft and robbery by more than 11%, says Public Security Yearbook
Publication points to a reduction in various percentages of occurrences. The State is the sixth in Brazil, for example, with the lowest rate of vehicle robbery crimes.
The continuous investment of the Government of Pará in the State Public Security System continues to ensure that investigative work alongside ostensive and repressive actions contributes to the reduction of property crimes such as vehicle theft and robbery in Pará. An example of the excellent results of the investment is present in the 19th Edition of the Public Security Yearbook, released by the Brazilian Forum on Public Security on July 24.
According to the publication, Pará is the sixth state in the federation that has most reduced the rate of vehicle thefts and robberies based on the number of occurrences per 100,000 vehicles. The data refers to the comparison of the period from January to December 2023 with the same period in 2024.
According to the indicators presented in this edition of the yearbook, regarding the rate of thefts and robberies per 100,000 vehicles, in 2023, Pará has the sixth lowest rate in the country. Pará went from 163.4 to a rate of 144.8 in 2024, thus recording a reduction of 11.4% in the percentage of crime in Pará. Given the data, Pará surpasses the national rate, which reached 278.0.
In terms of absolute numbers, from January to December 2024, Pará recorded 4,068 vehicle thefts and robberies, indicating a reduction of 5.21% compared to 2023, when 4,292 occurrences of the same property crimes were registered, having 224 fewer crime records between one year and the next.
For Ualame Machado, Secretary of Public Security and Social Defense, the data presented by the Brazilian Forum on Public Security attest, once again, that all the investment made strongly in state management, and the use of technological resources, combined with the effectiveness of security actions, has resulted in a decrease in occurrences of property crimes.
“We continue to invest in state-of-the-art equipment, such as security totems that have artificial intelligence, in addition to other cameras that also have vehicle plate recognition, assisting in the identification of stolen vehicles, being a strategy to not only prevent thefts and robberies but also to quickly recover this stolen asset, which gives the population a sense of security, but also demonstrates to those who intend to steal and rob vehicles in Pará that this crime is being strongly curbed. In addition to ensuring the strengthening of ostensive actions to further inhibit the practice of crimes on public roads,” said the head of Segup.
Decrease in vehicle thefts
The crime of vehicle robbery, in isolation, showed a reduction of 16% in absolute numbers when comparing the years 2023 and 2024, which recorded 1,534 and 1,263, respectively. Regarding the rate of robbery occurrences per 100,000 vehicles, Pará went from a rate of 59.2 in 2023 to 44.9, thus indicating a reduction of 24% in the percentage of the rate, surpassing the national reduction of 10.4%.
The reduction continues in 2025
In addition to the numbers from previous years analyzed by FBSP, Pará continues the trend of reduction. According to the Deputy Secretary of Intelligence and Criminal Analysis (Siac), linked to the State Secretariat of Public Security and Social Defense (Segup), in the first half of 2025, from January to June, the State recorded a reduction of 7% in vehicle robbery offenses compared to the first half of 2024 and a decrease of 24% compared to the same period in 2023.
In absolute numbers, Pará recorded 614 vehicle robberies in this first half, from January 1 to June 30, while in the same period in 2024 and 2023, 661 and 812 occurrences of the crime were recorded, respectively, throughout the state.
The State continues to strengthen actions and invest in technology to further reduce the indicators of these crimes, as reiterated by the head of Segup, Ualame. “Only in the first half of 2025, we have already invested more than R$85 million, whether in physical structures, vehicles, armaments, and technological equipment such as new public security totems, which greatly assist us in monitoring and preventing crimes. Therefore, we will continue to invest and work tirelessly to ensure an increasingly safe state for the people of Pará,” concluded Ualame.
