Safety tips in Rio de Janeiro

Staying safe means you can have more fun. Rio de Janeiro is a city with more frightening crime rate than most other cities. But it does not mean that people will not help you. In a social study published in American Scientist by Robert Levine they found out that the average helping rate, ie people’s willingness to help someone during a chance encounter on a city street ,was highest in Rio de Janeiro among the researched cities around the world.

Emergency numbers:
Military police 190
First aid (ambulance) 192

Safety Guide to Rio de Janeiro

There are many precautions you can take to feel safer in Rio de Janeiro.

  • You should not wear expensive jewelry or watches
  • Don’t carry more money than what you need for the outing’s expenses. Do not bring large sums of money. Use hotel safes.
  • Do not bring valuables or bags to the beach, just a little cash.
  • Do not show your wallet unless it’s necessary.
  • Have your handbag closed and close to you
  • Be careful when you expose the camera or other expensive electronic devices
  • Do not move out at night except in a taxi.
  • Never carry more valuables than you absolutely need and do not visit sites you do not know and do not bring important personal documents. According to Brazilian legislation must always carry some form of identification.
  • Watch your drink in a bar
  • Ask the staff at your hotel if you are unsure whether an area is safe.
  • Swim near a lifeguard tower also called posto.
    After it gets dark you should avoid walking alone outdoors and not avail of public transport.
  • Avoid looking like confused gringos – look like you have an intention where you would like to go and try to sit down at the beach.
  • If you rent a car so travel with closed windows and locked doors especially in urban areas.
  • Don’t bring people you do not know back to your hotel or apartment.
  • If you’re taking a taxi, ask at your hotel how much the ride should cost on average and plan so.

Would you be subjected to any abuse, you should not do resistance.

Health status and vaccinations in Rio de Janeiro
No vaccinations are needed for Rio. The health status and health conditions are relatively good in Rio de Janeiro .Since March 2006, reports of cases of dengue in urban areas in Brazil occurred in the media. Cases of yellow fever have been reported from states in the hinterland.

 

BRAZIL - Policia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - (CORE) - Rio de Janeiro State Police Special Features (SWAT)

Rio de Janeiro Police Special features (SWAT)

Statistics crime rate in Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Criminality
Traveling to Brazil should always be a high degree of caution, primarily with regard to crime. Although most tourists visiting Brazil have no problem there are especially in big cities like Rio de Janeiro is a risk of violence, assault, armed robbery, theft, pickpockets and carjacking.

In four years, the homicide rate in Rio de Janeiro, has declined by 26.6 percent,reports the Brazilian TV-company Globo. Now in 2011 the city has the lowest murder rate in twenty years. Also car theft decreased sharply, down more than fifty percent in 2010 compared to 2006. The reason that the crime statistics look better now is the fact that Rio de Janeiro has become safer after the new policy the populist governor Sérgio Cabral introduced when he entered the 2007th.

Police protecting in Copacabana Beach
Police protecting Cobacabana beach

Attacking Ipanema from the favelas

But there have been almost like a war – look at this YouTube video how a gangster mob with weapons attack the tourists at the famous beach Ipanema.

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