Colombian Livestock Theft Reports by Municipality and Date

Records of cattle, equine, swine, goat, and sheep theft under Colombian Penal Code Article 243 (Law 599 of 2000). The dataset includes columns for DEPARTAMENTO, MUNICIPIO, ZONA, CANTIDAD, and FECHA HECHO. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-19.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in livestock theft using the FECHA HECHO (date) column.
• Map crime hotspots by geographic region using DEPARTAMENTO, MUNICIPIO, and ZONA columns.
• Assess the scale of incidents in different areas using the CANTIDAD (quantity) column.
• Cross-reference administrative codes for regional analysis using COD_DEPTO and COD_MUNI columns.

Strengths

• Includes explicit geographic granularity with department, municipality, and zone columns.
• Data is defined by a specific legal statute (Article 243 of the Colombian Penal Code).
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official crime reports.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 14:42:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, indicated by department and municipality columns.