Homicides: victims, circumstances and case clearance
Anonymized victims from 2013 through the latest published semester, with department, age, sex, weapon, apparent motive, assailant relationship and case-clearance status.
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Homicide victims by department · 2025
Anonymized victims from 2013 through the latest published semester, with department, age, sex, weapon, apparent motive, assailant relationship and case-clearance status.
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Montevideo accounts for 56.3% of the displayed total (211). Together with Canelones, the top two categories make up 67.7%.
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A row is a victim, not necessarily a distinct homicide. Motive is apparent. Department labels include prison facilities; jurisdictions changed and need review for historical comparisons. Place and relationship fields have different historical starting points.
4,555 records
| Period | Department | Published gender | Age | Reported weapon | Apparent motive | Enquiry status | Alleged assailant relationship | Inspect record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2021 | CANELONES | HOMBRE | 39 | ARMA DE FUEGO | OTROS MOTIVOS | ACLARADO | AMIGO/CONOCIDO | |
| Apr 30, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 33 | ARMA DE FUEGO | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 28, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 31 | ARMA DE FUEGO | ALTERCADOS ESPONTANEOS/ CONFLICTOS DIVERSOS | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 28, 2021 | TACUAREMBO | MUJER | 60 | CORTO / PUNZANTE | VIOLENCIA DOMESTICA Y ASOCIADOS | ACLARADO | PAREJA/EX PAREJA | |
| Apr 16, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 28 | ARMA DE FUEGO | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 15, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 29 | ARMA DE FUEGO | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 14, 2021 | CENTROS CARCELARIOS | HOMBRE | 39 | CORTO / PUNZANTE | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | SIN ACLARAR | AMIGO/CONOCIDO | |
| Apr 14, 2021 | CENTROS CARCELARIOS | HOMBRE | 49 | CORTO / PUNZANTE | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | SIN ACLARAR | AMIGO/CONOCIDO | |
| May 02, 2021 | MALDONADO | HOMBRE | 27 | CORTO / PUNZANTE | SIN DATO/ DESCONOCIDO | ACLARADO | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 06, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 38 | SIN DATO | SIN DATO/ DESCONOCIDO | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 24, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 19 | ARMA DE FUEGO | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 20, 2021 | TACUAREMBO | MUJER | 28 | CORTO / PUNZANTE | VIOLENCIA DOMESTICA Y ASOCIADOS | ACLARADO | AMIGO/CONOCIDO | |
| Apr 22, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 19 | ARMA DE FUEGO | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 18, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 43 | ARMA DE FUEGO | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | ACLARADO | AMIGO/CONOCIDO | |
| Apr 21, 2021 | CENTROS CARCELARIOS | HOMBRE | 27 | CORTO / PUNZANTE | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | SIN ACLARAR | AMIGO/CONOCIDO | |
| Apr 28, 2021 | RIVERA | HOMBRE | 19 | CORTO / PUNZANTE | ALTERCADOS ESPONTANEOS/ CONFLICTOS DIVERSOS | ACLARADO | AMIGO/CONOCIDO | |
| Apr 19, 2021 | MALDONADO | HOMBRE | 40 | CORTO / PUNZANTE | SIN DATO/ DESCONOCIDO | ACLARADO | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 17, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 29 | ARMA DE FUEGO | SIN DATO/ DESCONOCIDO | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 10, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 24 | ARMA DE FUEGO | OTROS MOTIVOS | ACLARADO | SIN RELACION | |
| Apr 10, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 71 | ARMA DE FUEGO | RAPIÑA / HURTO / COPAMIENTO | SIN ACLARAR | SIN RELACION | |
| Apr 10, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 21 | ARMA DE FUEGO | ALTERCADOS ESPONTANEOS/ CONFLICTOS DIVERSOS | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 11, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 16 | ARMA DE FUEGO | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 09, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | MUJER | 12 | ARMA DE FUEGO | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | ACLARADO | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 13, 2021 | ROCHA | HOMBRE | 36 | ARMA DE FUEGO | AJUSTE DE CUENTAS/ CONFLICTOS ENTRE CRIMINALES | ACLARADO | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO | |
| Apr 12, 2021 | MONTEVIDEO | HOMBRE | 44 | OTRAS ARMAS | SIN DATO/ DESCONOCIDO | SIN ACLARAR | VINCULO DESCONOCIDO |
Schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Countrycountry | Text | |
Datasetdataset_id | Text | |
Record identifierrecord_id | Text | May be empty. |
Periodperiod | Date | |
Yearyear | Integer | May be empty. |
Monthmonth | Integer | May be empty. |
Geography codegeography_code | Text | May be empty. |
Geography keygeography_key | Text | May be empty. |
Geographygeography_name | Text | |
Geography levelgeography_level | Text | |
Categorycategory | Text | |
Offense typeoffense_type | Text | |
Apparent motiveoffense_subtype | Text | May be empty. |
Reported weaponmodality | Text | May be empty. |
Journalist or media workerevent_subject_name | Text | Publicly named subject of the source event; never used for cross-dataset entity linkage. |
Nationalitynationality | Text | May be empty. |
Published gendergender | Text | May be empty. |
Enquiry statusenquiry_status | Text | May be empty. |
Employment typeemployment_type | Text | May be empty. |
Local or foreign statuslocal_status | Text | May be empty. |
Conflict zoneconflict_zone | Boolean | May be empty. |
Ageage | Integer | May be empty. |
Media typemedia | Text | May be empty. |
Resolution datedate_resolution | Date | May be empty. |
Source record identifiersource_record_id | Text | May be empty. |
Source linksource_url | Text | May be empty. |
Recorded victimsincidents | Integer | |
Departmentdepartment | Text | May be empty. |
Localitylocality | Text | May be empty. |
Reported areazone | Text | May be empty. |
Age groupage_group | Text | May be empty. |
Victim status categoryvictim_type | Text | May be empty. |
Published victim outcomevictim_status | Text | May be empty. |
Reported ethnicityethnicity | Text | May be empty. |
Reported disabilitydisability | Text | May be empty. |
Event settingsetting | Text | May be empty. |
Injury or accident mechanisminjury_mechanism | Text | May be empty. |
Body partbody_part | Text | May be empty. |
Alleged assailant relationshipassailant_relationship | Text | May be empty. |
Economic activityactivity | Text | May be empty. |
Employer sizecompany_size | Text | May be empty. |
Administering organizationadministrator | Text | May be empty. |
Published date precisionsource_date_precision | Text | May be empty. |
Published record data and contextsource_context | Text | Original published attributes; no inferred victim identities or event dates. |
Source filesource_file | Text |