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Its high compared to what it was before. I haven't lived in Brazil but I lived in Germany and Chile for a couple of weeks and its high compared to cities there.

It depends on the neighborhood and how aware of your surroundings you are. Everyone knows someone who got mugged either a relative or a friend. Relative of mine was having dinner at a restaurant, 4 armed robbers came in, took everything from customers plus the money from the business. One of them shoots his gun inside, aiming at the roof. There were people in the second floor eating too, fortunately nobody got hurt. Personally, I just take cabs everywhere at night, and walk during the day if I know the neighborhood.