The country has a political division of 158 municipalities, but extreme lethal violence is disproportionately concentrated in a very select group of urban areas.

According to the territorial analysis presented in the statistical bulletin, a list of just 43 municipalities accounts for 80% of the total intentional homicides in the country.

This mathematical finding is of vital importance for strategic planning, as it demonstrates that severe crime is a focused phenomenon that responds to very specific socioeconomic and urban dynamics.

Homicides

The fact that almost a quarter of the country’s municipalities account for the vast majority of violent deaths offers a clear and optimized path for Government action.

These high-concentration areas generally coincide with the municipalities with the highest disorderly population growth, high rates of overcrowding, and historical hotspots of social exclusion.

It is in these areas where the combination of common crime, territorial disputes over micro-trafficking, and low community cohesion increases the likelihood of lethal incidents day after day.

The Ministry of the Interior and Police has used this heat map to justify expanding the quadrant patrol program.