Colombian National Security Code Infractions by Municipality

Comparendos aplicados por el Código Nacional de Seguridad y Convivencia Ciudadana records infractions under Colombia's National Security and Citizen Coexistence Code. The dataset is hosted on the datos.gov.co platform via Socrata and was last updated on 2026-05-18. It likely contains records of official orders issued by the National Police.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of infraction types (LITERAL) across different MUNICIPIO to identify regional enforcement trends.
• Study the frequency of specific code articles (ARTICULO) and numerals (NUMERAL) to understand common violations.
• Aggregate the TOTAL number of infractions per municipality for resource allocation or public reporting.
• Cross-reference MUNICIPIO and LITERAL columns to map the prevalence of specific public order issues.

Strengths

• Data is structured with clear categorical columns like MUNICIPIO and ARTICULO for analysis.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
• Last update timestamp (2026-05-18) is provided.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official police records of infractions (comparendos).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:54:19; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, as indicated by municipality (MUNICIPIO) column.