Conteo de Víctimas V2: Colombian Crime Victim Counts by Demographics and Offense

Data from 2010 onward, updated through the last day of the previous month, detailing victims of crime under the Colombian Oral Accusatory Penal System (Laws 906 of 2004 and 1098 of 2006). The dataset is published by the Fiscalía General de la Nación (Colombia's Attorney General's Office) via the national open data portal. It contains counts of victims categorized by crime type, demographics, location, and case stage.

Use Cases

• Analyzing crime trends over time using AÑO_HECHOS (year of event) and AÑO_DENUNCIA (year of report) columns.
• Profiling victim demographics by cross-tabulating SEXO (gender), GRUPO_ETARIO (age group), and AFRODESCENDIENTE (Afro-descendant) or INDÍGENA (Indigenous) identifiers.
• Mapping crime incidence geographically using DEPARTAMENTO_HECHO (department) and MUNICIPIO_HECHO (municipality) columns.
• Classifying case types and legal frameworks using DELITO (crime), GRUPO_DELITO (crime group), LEY (law), and ETAPA_CASO (case stage) columns.

Strengths

• Includes 24 columns covering crime type, victim demographics, geography, and case processing details.
• Data is updated monthly, with a last recorded update timestamp of 2026-05-18 18:51:07.
• Published by a national government institution (Fiscalía General de la Nación) via an official open data portal.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, completeness, and potential reporting biases require 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

Aggregated from criminal news entries to the Oral Accusatory Penal System (SPOA).

Time Range

From 2010 onward.

Freshness

Updated monthly; last updated 2026-05-18 18:51:07.

Geography

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