It makes zero sense to look at nationwide average for Brazil to draw any conclusions without looking at per-state or per-region data. Northern region has place

It makes zero sense to look at nationwide average for Brazil to draw any conclusions without looking at per-state or per-region data. Northern region has places with 60+ homicide rate, southern region has places with 3-4 homicide rate. Take a look at this article: https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_unidades_federativas_do_Brasil_por_taxa_de_homic%C3%ADdios https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_unidades_federativa... And this map with some of the highest/lowest homicide rates: http://55ca7cd0-f8ac-0132-1185-705681baa5c1.s3-website-sa-east-1.amazonaws.com/defesanet/site/upload/media/1496719292_1.jpg http://55ca7cd0-f8ac-0132-1185-705681baa5c1.s3-website-sa-ea... Both in Portuguese but I think it's not hard to make sense of the numbers (rate is 1/100k, map colours describe increase/decrease in violence, bottom lines show current top/bottom rates in cities with 100k+ residents).