Brazil femicides hit record 1,568 in 2025, driving pre-meeting background checks

Brazil recorded 1,568 femicides in 2025, a 4.7% rise from the prior year and the highest since the crime was typified in 2015, per the Anuário do Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública. The increase has pushed women's security to the forefront, with women increasingly checking public records on suitors before first in-person meetings arranged online. The data underscores a persistent public-safety failure, though the report's methodology and full breakdown remain unverified.