Domestic violence rose 3.3% compared to last year, with 300 more cases, being the only crime category that increased in 2023.
He Ministry of Interior presented the results of the report of the National Observatory on Violence and Crime where it states that homicides They had a decrease of 12.6% compared to last year, although domestic violence increased by 3.3%.
In the period between the month of July and September This year, homicides decreased by 12.6% compared to last year, going from 95 to 83 total cases. However, compared to 2021 and 2020, there was an increase of 2.5% and 1.2%, respectively. Meanwhile, if we compare it with the year 2019 – where the Wide Front still dominated management – the decline was 18.6%.
The other two categories of crimes that had the greatest decreases were, firstly, rustling with 11.9% and, in second place, the plunders with 8%, compared to the previous year. For its part, if compared to the year 2021, the decrease in robberies was 13.6% and in the rustling of 19.8%. The category that had the least decrease was thefts since it obtained a decrease of 5.2% compared to the previous year and 4.1% compared to 2021.
The only category that has been on the rise since 2019 corresponds to domestic violence. Compared to the same period last year, the increase in crimes was 3.3%, the same as in 2021. Meanwhile, if compared to 2020, the increase was 12.1%, while in 2019 – time when he was still in power Wide Front – the increase was 10.1%.
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Insecurity, one of the main concerns of Uruguayans
According to the latest Consulting Teams survey, the unsafety and he unemployment are the two main concerns that the Uruguayans, leaving the economic situation in third place.
First of all appeared unsafety, to the point that 46% of citizens placed it among the two main problems of Uruguay. Secondly, there was the unemployment, with 33%, followed by the economic situation, which remained with 23%.
By investigating the variations over time, Equipos Consultores showed that in 2019 concerns about the unsafety They reached 68% and decreased to 29% in 2021, experiencing a rebound to current levels, still far from those of the last years of the previous government.
On the other hand, they measured the differences between population segments. For example, concern about unsafety grows at the same time as social stratification. Thus, in the high and medium-high socioeconomic sectors, mentions of this problem reach 53% of the population.
Source: Ambito
