Conteo de Procesos V2: Criminal Case Counts in Colombia's Oral Accusatory System

Conteo de Procesos V2 is a dataset of criminal case counts from Colombia's Oral Accusatory System (SPOA) under Laws 906 of 2004 and 1098 of 2006. It is published by the Fiscalía General de la Nación (National Prosecutor's Office) via datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18. The data covers crimes occurring since 2010 and is updated monthly.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal crime trends by aggregating TOTAL_PROCESOS across AÑO_HECHOS and AÑO_DENUNCIA.
• Compare crime prevalence across regions using DEPARTAMENTO_HECHO and MUNICIPIO_HECHO against DELITO or GRUPO_DELITO.
• Study case processing stages and outcomes by examining ETAPA_CASO and ESTADO in relation to DELITO and LEY.
• Profile types of criminality by filtering and summarizing records based on CRIMINALIDAD and CONSUMADO columns.

Strengths

• Data is updated monthly, with a last recorded update on 2026-05-18.
• Includes 17 columns detailing crime type, location, legal basis, and case stage.
• Covers a temporal range from at least 2010 to the present, based on AÑO_HECHOS.

Limitations

• Row count and total data volume are unknown, limiting suitability assessment for large-scale ML.
• License information is not specified in the provided metadata.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Administrative records from the Sistema Penal Oral Acusatorio (SPOA).

Time Range

Covers crimes occurring from 2010 onward.

Freshness

Updated monthly; last updated 2026-05-18 18:48:16.

Geography

Colombia, with granularity to department and municipality (DEPARTAMENTO_HECHO, MUNICIPIO_HECHO).