In 2019, there were almost 1.5 thousand police violence complaints reported in Brazil through the 'Disque 100' hotline, down from over 1.6 thousand complaints a year later. Between 2015 and 2018, the number of complaints in the Portuguese speaking country increased by more than 65 percent, reaching in the latter year the highest figure in the displayed period. In the following year, São Paulo was the state with the largest share of complaints.
Number of police violence complaints in Brazil from 2011 to 2019
Characteristic
Number of complaints
2019*
1,486
2018
1,637
2017
1,319
2016
1,009
2015
990
2014
1,362
2013
1,175
2012
818
2011
447
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Figures refer to the number of complaints received via the "Disque 100" hotline, a platform for the report of human rights violations, of which police violence is included.
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Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil). (June 22, 2020). Number of police violence complaints in Brazil from 2011 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 01, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181548/number-complaints-police-violence-brazil/
Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil). "Number of police violence complaints in Brazil from 2011 to 2019 ." Chart. June 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181548/number-complaints-police-violence-brazil/
Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil). (2020). Number of police violence complaints in Brazil from 2011 to 2019 . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181548/number-complaints-police-violence-brazil/
Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil). "Number of Police Violence Complaints in Brazil from 2011 to 2019 ." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181548/number-complaints-police-violence-brazil/
Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil), Number of police violence complaints in Brazil from 2011 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181548/number-complaints-police-violence-brazil/ (last visited March 01, 2025)
Number of police violence complaints in Brazil from 2011 to 2019 [Graph], Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil), June 22, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181548/number-complaints-police-violence-brazil/
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