Diagnóstico general de la situación de violencia y criminalidad en Cartagena de Indias. 2008 - 2013

Abstract

The center of Observation and Monitoring of the Crime, COSED, is the main source of information and statistical collection of the principal expressions of violence and criminality in Cartagena, and it is also the main source of support for the district administrations in the creation of prevention strategies and mitigation of the criminal phenomenon in the city. This document is based on COSEC as its main source and it shows a descriptive analysis that serves as a preliminary diagnosis of the main expressions of violence in Cartagena. A descriptive methodology is used, with which we analyze 7 different criminal variables grouped in 3 large dimensions that define the criminal incidence in the city: crimes against life, health, private property and the patrimony.
The main results come from a steady increase in the number of homicides, which present a location coincidence with those neighborhoods that show the worst social indicators such as poverty, employment, health, and education among others. Other criminal expressions such as domestic violence, sexual crimes, and extortion also show this coincidence. Only thefts seem to distribute mainly in neighborhoods and communes with a high economic stratification.