---
license: cc0-1.0
language:
- en
tags:
- latin-america
- crime
- homicides
- drug-trafficking
- open-data
- latin-america
- zenodo
pretty_name: "Crime Evolution in Latin America 2015-2024: Database by Categories"
size_categories:
- n<1K
source_datasets:
- original
task_categories:
- tabular-classification
- tabular-regression
---

# Crime Evolution in Latin America 2015-2024: Database by Categories

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## Dataset Description

Database on the evolution of crime in Latin America and the Caribbean during the period 2015-2024, compiled from secondary sources (UNODC, InSight Crime, Prosegur Research, World Bank, ECLAC, UN Women and Infosegura). The dataset includes 230+ records organized by 8 categories: (1) Homicides: rates per 100,000 inhabitants for Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Bolivia. (2) Femicides: reported cases. (3) Kidnappings: complaints. (4) Robberies. (5) Drug trafficking: coca hectares cultivated in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia; seizures. (6) Extortion. (7) Organized Crime. (8) Police-judicial corruption. El Salvador reduced its homicide rate from 82.8 (2016) to 1.9 (2024); Ecuador escalated from 5.0 (2015) 

## Dataset Details

- **Author:** de la Serna Tuya, Juan Moisés
- **ORCID:** [0000-0002-8401-8018](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8401-8018)
- **Affiliation:** Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR)
- **DOI:** [10.5281/zenodo.18880580](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18880580)
- **License:** CC0 1.0 Public Domain
- **Published:** 2026-03-05

## Download

Download the complete dataset from Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18880580

## Citation

```bibtex
@misc{serna_2026,
  author    = {de la Serna Tuya, Juan Moisés},
  title     = {Crime Evolution in Latin America 2015-2024: Database by Cate},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.18880580},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18880580},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}
```

## Contact

- Website: [juanmoisesdelaserna.es](https://juanmoisesdelaserna.es)
- Email: juanmoises.delaserna@unir.net