Overview
- Sinadef tallied 2,213 homicides for 2025, averaging 6.07 per day and surpassing 2024’s 2,083 and 2023’s 1,511.
- Analyses indicate roughly 72–80% of killings involved firearms, including 1,537 of 2,113 cases logged by December 11, with officials noting pending updates and hundreds of firearm deaths still listed as unclassified.
- During President José Jerí’s first 80 days in office, 444 homicides were recorded, for a daily average of 5.55 compared with 5.25 during Dina Boluarte’s tenure.
- A state of emergency period saw 113 killings in the first 55 days in Lima and Callao, with concentrations reported in districts such as San Martín de Porres, Ate and Bellavista.
- Piura closed the year with 154 murders, more than 3,500 reported extortion cases—nearly triple 2024—and about 900 vehicle thefts across four provinces, according to local reporting.