The Regional system of standardized Indicators in peaceful coexistence and Citizen security (RIC) is a project through which 15 countries and two capital cities of Latin America and the Caribbean, have partnered to improve and compare their statistics on crime and violence. This initiative has been promoted and financed by the Inter-American Development Bank - IDB through the Regional Public Goods program under the coordination and execution of CISALVA Institute at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia.

The citizen security indicators were designed, reviewed and approved by the project's partner countries , along with established definitions and methodologies for the standardizing of  the collecting, processing and analyzing stages of the information flow in order to support the quality of the data published.

The standardization of the following citizen security indicators will enable countries that associate with the RIC to develop, implement and evaluate public policies for security, based on comparable and verifiable information for more effective joint actions across the region.

Nota bene: The Regional system of standardized Indicators for peaceful coexistence and Citizen security is an ongoing effort that is just in its initial stages with some of the partner countries. Therefore, only the data that has undergone the project's technical analysis and meets the standards has been published on the section Indicators.

1.   Homicide rate per every 100,000 inhabitants.

2.   Death rate by Traffic accidents per every 100,000 inhabitants.

3.   Suicide rate per every 100,000 inhabitants older than 5 years of age.

4.   Firearm death rate per every 100,000 inhabitants.

5.   Complaint rate for Sex crimes  per every 100,000 inhabitants.

6.   Rate of complaints of Intrafamily/family/domestic Violence per every 100,000 inhabitants

7.   Complaint rate for child and adolescent maltreatment for every 1000 individuals younger than 18 years of age.

8.   Theft rate per every 100,000 inhabitants.

9.   Robbery rate per every 100,000 inhabitants.

10. Rate of Automotive Theft and Robbery per every 10, 000 vehicles registered.

11. Kidnapping rate per every 100,000 inhabitants.

12. Violation rate for driving while intoxicated by alcohol in people over 15 years.

13. Prevalence of sexual violence.

14. Prevalence of Intrafamily/family and domestic violence.

15. Rate of criminal victimization in people older than 18 years of age.

16. Percentage of victimization due to Robbery, in people older than 18 years of age.

17. Percentage of victimization due to Theft, in people older than 18 years of age.

 
18. Percentage of people with perception of insecurity, in people older than 18 years of age.

19. Percentage of people with perception of risk, in people older than 18 years of age.

20. Percentage of people with perception of fear, in people older than 18 years of age. 

21. Percentage of people who justify the use of violence, in people older 18 years of age.

22. Percentage of people with confidence in the institutions, in people older 18 years of age.