Conteo de Actuaciones V2: Counts of Criminal Proceedings in Colombia

Data from 2010 onward, updated monthly, containing counts of legal actions recorded by prosecutors, judges, and judicial police within the Colombian criminal process. The dataset is published by the Fiscalía General de la Nación (Colombia's Attorney General's Office) and covers proceedings under the accusatory criminal system (Ley 906 of 2004) and the juvenile justice system (Ley 1098 of 2006). It includes actions such as indictments, transfers, formal accusations, legalized opportunity principles, legalized pre-agreements, and captures.

Use Cases

• Analyze crime trends by department and municipality using DEPARTAMENTO_HECHO, MUNICIPIO_HECHO, and DELITO columns.
• Track the procedural stage of cases over time using ETAPA_CASO, AÑO_ACTUACIÓN, and ESTADO columns.
• Compare the application of different legal frameworks by filtering on the LEY column (e.g., Ley 906 vs. Ley 1098).
• Aggregate counts of specific legal actions, such as indictments or captures, using the ACTUACIONES_AGRUPADAS and CONSUMADO columns.

Strengths

• Explicit temporal coverage starting from 2010 under specific legal frameworks.
• Monthly update schedule with data current as of the last day of the previous month.
• Includes 13 columns detailing geography, legal action, crime type, and case stage.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Fiscalía General de la Nación (Colombia's Attorney General's Office), published via www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Counts of legal actions recorded by prosecutors, judges, and judicial police within criminal proceedings.

Time Range

From 2010 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:27:52; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, with detail by department (DEPARTAMENTO_HECHO) and municipality (MUNICIPIO_HECHO).