🇨🇴 Támesis — Crime Statistics
Overview
Támesis's overall crime rate of 245.9 per 100K (41 total) is 1.6× below the Antioquia average, ranking 79th highest among Antioquia's 125 districts. The most reported crime category is assault.
Crime Breakdown by Category
| Category | Count | Rate per 100K | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault | 27 | 161.9 | victims |
| Sexual Assault | 8 | 48.0 | incidents |
| Theft | 6 | 36.0 | incidents |
Source Dataset Categories
Each category above aggregates the following original data from the source dataset:
Homicide
Event-level records from Ministerio de Defensa Nacional. Each record represents one victim (cantidad field, typically 1). Counted as victims, not incidents or investigations.
Note: Entire homicidio dataset maps to this category. No sub-filtering needed.
Theft
Hurto reports — counted by event (incident), not victim. All hurto modalities (automotores, motocicletas, etc.) are aggregated into a single theft category.
Note: Entire hurto dataset maps to theft. Includes all modalities (vehicle, motorcycle, person, etc.).
Sexual Assault
Police reports of sexual offenses — counted by event (incident). All delito subtypes within the sexual offenses dataset are included.
Note: Entire delitos sexuales dataset maps to sexual_assault.
Assault
Lesiones personales — filtered to intentional assault only (Art. 111-119 Código Penal). Each record represents one victim. Traffic injuries (Art. 120) and other non-intentional injuries are excluded.
- ARTÍCULO 111
- ARTÍCULO 112
- ARTÍCULO 113
- ARTÍCULO 114
- ARTÍCULO 115
- ARTÍCULO 116
- ARTÍCULO 119
Note: Only intentional assault articles included. Both accent variants (ARTÍCULO/ARTICULO) are matched.
Not Tracked
The following source dataset categories are not included in the statistics above:
- Traffic injuries (Art. 120 Código Penal) (Lesiones personales — ARTÍCULO 120 (Lesiones culposas en accidente de tránsito)) — Traffic injuries — excluded from intentional assault filter
- Lesiones personales Art. 125 (injury to fetus) (Lesiones personales — ARTÍCULO 125) — Edge-case injury article — excluded from assault filter
- Lesiones personales Art. 126 (injury by recklessness) (Lesiones personales — ARTÍCULO 126) — Edge-case injury article — excluded from assault filter
- Lesiones personales Art. 136 (injuries during armed conflict) (Lesiones personales — ARTÍCULO 136) — Edge-case injury article — excluded from assault filter
Not all crime types from the source dataset are included in the categories above. Only the categories listed are tracked.
Nearby Areas
Data Disclaimer
Source: Policía Nacional de Colombia / DIJIN & Ministerio de Defensa Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Data may be delayed by up to 3 months from the reporting period.
Coverage: Police crime data from datos.gov.co Socrata portal. Datasets: Homicidio (m8fd-ahd9), Hurto (9vha-vh9n), Delitos Sexuales (fpe5-yrmw), Lesiones Personales (72sg-cybi).
Data Quality Notes
- ⚠️ WarningMixed counting units across categoriesDisplay counting unit per category in the UI. Note that rates for homicide/assault (victims per 100K) and theft/sexual_assault (incidents per 100K) measure different things.
- ⚠️ WarningBoundary GeoJSON sourced from personal GitHub repo, not official DANECache boundary files locally and consider migrating to official DANE GeoPortal source.
- ⚠️ WarningNo robbery category — Colombia only has theft (hurto)Display 'No data available' for robbery in Colombia zone pages. Do not show zero — absence means unmapped, not zero crimes.
ℹ️ Note (2)
- Population projections based on 2018 censusNote in UI: 'Rates based on DANE 2018 census population projections.'
- Assault filtered to Art. 111-119 only (excludes traffic injuries)Note: 'Assault data includes intentional injuries only (Art. 111-119). Traffic injuries excluded.'
Cite This Data
Use the following citation when referencing this data:
Map of Crimes. (2024). Támesis — Crime Statistics. Retrieved April 15, 2026, from https://mapofcrimes.com/en/crime/colombia/antioquia/tamesis/ "Támesis — Crime Statistics." Map of Crimes, 2024, mapofcrimes.com/en/crime/colombia/antioquia/tamesis/. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026. @misc{mapofcrimes2024tamesis,
author = {{Map of Crimes}},
title = {Támesis — Crime Statistics},
year = {2024},
url = {https://mapofcrimes.com/en/crime/colombia/antioquia/tamesis/},
urldate = {2026-04-15},
note = {Online crime statistics dataset}
}