The fifty% of homicides in 2021 remained without clarifyingaccording to data processed by the National Observatory on Violence and Crime released by the Ministry of the Interior on Friday night.
From January 1 to December 31, 2021, the portfolio recorded 300 homicides, and 103 of them went to people aged 18 to 28. It is followed by the range from 29 to 38 years, and from 39 to 48. 53% of those who were victims of homicide he had no criminal record.
Of the 300, 169 occurred in Montevideo and 131 in the interior. The largest occurred in the street, followed by homes, prisons or commercial premises, and leads the hours from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. They usually occur on Sundays – they are followed by Saturdays and Tuesdays.
October was the month with the most events of this type in 2021, when 35 were recorded. It is followed by January, April and December (31), and August (29), among others.
What’s more, Rivera is the department with the highest number of violent deathswith 15.1 per 100 thousand inhabitantsaccording to the report that calculates in this case the average of 2020 and 2021. It is followed by Montevideo (12.3), Maldonado (10), Artigas (8.1), Paysandú (6.7), among others.
