Overview
- State data show 284 violent intentional deaths in October, the highest monthly total of 2025 and a 5% rise versus October 2024.
- Deaths in police interventions reached 41 in October, the largest monthly count since the SSPDS series began in 2013, bringing the 2025 total to 167.
- The Fortaleza metro area recorded 110 killings in October, its highest monthly level since April 2020, while Fortaleza city logged 53 and remains down 10.7% year to date.
- A Military Police operation in Canindé on October 31 left seven alleged Comando Vermelho members aged 16 to 22 dead, with a rifle, pistols, revolvers and two deflagrated grenades seized.
- From January to October, statewide violent deaths fell 7% to 2,523, as authorities reported 5,328 firearms seized and 26,956 arrests from January to September.