Child and Adolescent Crime Victims in Colombia by Municipality

Crime data reported for offenses committed against children and adolescents in Colombia. Records include date, crime type, municipality, location type, and victim nationality and gender. The data is published by the Colombian open data portal and was last updated in December 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in child victimization using the FECHA and DELITO columns.
• Map crime hotspots and regional disparities by joining the MUNICIPIO and CLASE SITIO fields with geographic data.
• Compare victim demographics across crime types using the GENERO and PAIS PERSONA columns.
• Identify common crime locations for specific offenses by correlating DELITO with CLASE SITIO.

Strengths

• Data covers all reported crimes against children and adolescents at the national level.
• Includes key dimensions for analysis: date, crime type, municipality, location type, and victim demographics.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown.
• Data quality depends on official reporting rates, which may undercount incidents.
• No information on data collection methodology or verification process.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Reported crime data, specific agency unknown.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-12-23.

Geography

Colombia, with municipality-level detail.