if no one had been nearby, the outcome might have been irreversible
Em onze dias de dezembro, a região de Campinas ultrapassou o total de feminicídios registrado em todo o ano de 2024 — vinte e nove vidas encerradas pela violência de parceiros e ex-parceiros. O que os números revelam não é uma série de tragédias isoladas, mas uma condição sistêmica que acelera mesmo diante das respostas institucionais. A humanidade há muito reconhece que medir o sofrimento em estatísticas corre o risco de obscurecer o que cada número representa: uma mulher, uma história interrompida, uma rede de pessoas que ficaram para trás.
- Antes que o décimo primeiro dia de dezembro chegasse ao fim, duas mulheres — uma em Indaiatuba, outra em Campinas — foram atacadas por homens com quem compartilhavam ou haviam compartilhado suas vidas.
- A região já havia superado o pior ano anterior em feminicídios, e dezembro sozinho acumulava cinco mortes em menos de duas semanas, enquanto sessenta e quatro tentativas de feminicídio haviam sido registradas apenas até outubro.
- Em Campinas, vizinhos que ouviram os gritos de uma mulher de 64 anos sendo agredida com um martelo intervieram a tempo de impedir que a tentativa se tornasse homicídio consumado — uma fronteira tênue entre a vida e a morte.
- O governo estadual anuncia expansão de 170% nas salas de atendimento à mulher e monitoramento eletrônico de 200 agressores, mas as medidas institucionais ainda não conseguem dobrar a curva ascendente da violência.
- O ano não terminou, e a região já carrega um peso que ultrapassa tudo o que havia enfrentado em 2024 — deixando aberta a pergunta sobre o que será necessário para que os números parem de crescer.
Até o décimo primeiro dia de dezembro de 2025, a região de Campinas havia registrado vinte e nove feminicídios no ano — um a mais do que o total de 2024. O recorde mais sombrio da região estava sendo superado em tempo real, e o mês ainda mal havia começado.
Na manhã de 11 de dezembro, em Indaiatuba, uma mulher foi esfaqueada até a morte pelo ex-companheiro, que em seguida tentou suicidar-se e foi socorrido por paramédicos. Horas depois, no bairro Parque Valença, em Campinas, uma mulher de 64 anos foi encontrada inconsciente após ser agredida com um martelo pelo companheiro de 79 anos. Foram os vizinhos que ouviram a violência e chamaram a polícia — presença que, segundo um tenente da PM, pode ter sido a diferença entre uma tentativa e um homicídio consumado. O agressor foi contido pelos próprios moradores e preso no local. A vítima foi levada em estado grave ao Hospital PUC-Campinas.
Esses dois casos chegaram como parte de um padrão mais amplo: dezembro já acumulava cinco feminicídios até o dia onze, e a região havia documentado sessenta e quatro tentativas de feminicídio apenas até outubro, segundo dados da plataforma estadual SPVida. Os números apontam não para episódios esporádicos, mas para uma violência sustentada e estrutural.
A resposta do governo estadual inclui a expansão de 170% nas salas de atendimento 24 horas nas delegacias especializadas, reforço no efetivo policial e monitoramento eletrônico de duzentos agressores — noventa e oito dos quais foram presos por descumprir medidas protetivas. São instrumentos de intervenção. Se serão suficientes para reverter a trajetória, o ano ainda não respondeu.
By the eleventh day of December, the Campinas region had already recorded twenty-nine women killed in 2025—one more than the entire toll for 2024. The year had barely begun when the region's femicide count began its grim acceleration, and by the time autumn turned to winter, the mathematics of violence had become undeniable: the worst year on record was being surpassed in real time.
On Thursday, December 11th, two incidents arrived within hours of each other, each a separate catastrophe. In Indaiatuba, a woman was stabbed to death by her ex-partner in the morning. The man who killed her then attempted to take his own life and was revived by paramedics, transported to a hospital where he would face investigation. Across the region in Campinas, a sixty-four-year-old woman was attacked by her seventy-nine-year-old partner with a hammer in the Parque Valença neighborhood in the early afternoon. When police arrived, she was unconscious. Neighbors had heard the violence and called for help; their presence may have been the difference between attempted murder and completed homicide.
The woman from Campinas was rushed to the PUC-Campinas Hospital in grave condition. The man who attacked her was restrained by neighbors and arrested at the scene. According to a lieutenant from the Military Police, the attacker was speaking incoherently, his thoughts disconnected and fragmented. The officer later reflected on the narrowness of survival: the couple had been alone inside their home when neighbors heard the commotion. Had no one been nearby to intervene, the outcome might have been irreversible. The man was taken to the Women's Police Station and charged with attempted femicide.
These two cases arrived as part of a larger pattern. December alone had already produced five femicides in the region by the eleventh. Campinas itself had recorded eight women murdered across the full year. Beyond the completed killings, the region had documented sixty-four attempted femicides through October, according to data from SPVida, the state's public security platform. The numbers suggest not isolated incidents but a sustained condition of lethal violence.
The state government's response has centered on infrastructure and enforcement. The Secretaria de Segurança Pública announced a 170 percent expansion of twenty-four-hour women's support rooms within police delegacies dedicated to crimes against women. Police staffing has been increased. Electronic monitoring bracelets have been placed on two hundred aggressors, with ninety-eight of those individuals arrested for violating court-ordered protective measures. These are the tools of intervention: more rooms, more officers, more surveillance. Whether they can reverse the trajectory remains an open question. The year is not yet finished, and the region has already exceeded what it endured across all of 2024.
Notable Quotes
If no one had been nearby to hear the violence, the outcome could have been the worst possible result— Lieutenant Carlos Gomes, Military Police
The state government affirmed that confronting violence against women is a priority, citing a 170 percent expansion of 24-hour women's support rooms and electronic monitoring of 200 aggressors— Secretaria de Segurança Pública do Estado de São Paulo
The Hearth Conversation Another angle on the story
Why does December seem to be the worst month? Is there something about the season that intensifies this?
The data shows five in the first eleven days alone. I don't know if it's seasonal or if we're just seeing the accumulated weight of a year of violence finally breaking through. But the pattern is clear—it's not getting better.
The man in Campinas was seventy-nine years old. Does age matter in these cases?
The police officer noted he was speaking incoherently. Whether that's age, mental state, or something else, I can't say. But the neighbors heard him. That's what stopped it from becoming another completed case.
Sixty-four attempted femicides through October. That's a huge number. Why aren't those cases getting the same attention?
Because they didn't end in death. But they're part of the same violence. They're the cases where someone intervened, or where the victim escaped, or where the attacker hesitated. They're the line between attempted and completed.
The state says it's expanded support rooms by 170 percent. Does that actually prevent murders?
It's hard to know. The rooms exist to document crimes, to create a record, to offer protection orders. But you can't monitor everyone. The man in Indaiatuba killed his ex-partner and tried to end himself. The infrastructure was there. It didn't stop him.
What does it mean that the region has already exceeded 2024's total with so much of the year still left?
It means the violence is accelerating. It means whatever is being done isn't matching the scale of what's happening. It means 2025 will be worse than 2024, and we don't yet know what 2026 will bring.