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Joinville Ranks Among The Safest Cities And Registers Increased Business Activity, According To Surveys Cited By The City Hall And Jucesc.
Joinville (SC) was identified as the third safest city in the country among municipalities with a population between 500 thousand and 1 million inhabitants, according to the 2025 Yearbook of The Safest Cities in Brazil, produced by the platform MySide and cited by the City Hall.
The city administration states that the study takes into account, among other indicators, the rate of violent deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants, based on information from the Federal Government’s Mortality Monitoring Panel and population data from IBGE.
The municipality is also linked to the number of new business openings in Santa Catarina.
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Publications that reported data from the State Board of Trade (Jucesc) indicated that Joinville had, in 2025, an average of 74 new businesses per day, compared to the total registrations linked to the municipality.
At the same time, the state government announced that Santa Catarina recorded a record number of new CNPJs in 2025, with 293 thousand businesses opened and 153 thousand closed in the state.
The information was presented as a positive balance during the period, in a historical series monitored by Jucesc.
Ranking Of The Safest Cities And Yearbook Criteria
The City Hall maintains that Joinville has advanced positions in the ranking and attributes the result to integrated public safety actions.
In the statement, the administration highlights that MySide’s survey relies on official data to compose the lethal violence indicator.
MySide also publishes an overall ranking of the 30 safest cities in Brazil, where the top spots are held by smaller municipalities in Santa Catarina, such as Brusque, Jaraguá do Sul, and Tubarão.
Therefore, Joinville gains more prominence when the analysis is made by population range, as in the classification mentioned by the City Hall.
Monitoring Cameras And Public Safety Actions In Joinville
Since 2021, the City Hall claims to have increased investments in this area through the Civil Protection and Public Safety Secretariat.
Among the measures cited is the Joinville Always Alert program, described as a system with more than 2 thousand cameras installed in different points of the city.
According to the municipal administration, the images are shared with security forces to support investigations and guide preventive actions.
The same institutional text informs that the monitoring is also used to support emergency responses and patrolling.
Another aspect presented is the reinforcement of personnel.
The City Hall reported the hiring of 88 agents through a public competition and stated that the total number of the Municipal Guard has reached 120 members.
In addition, the municipality reports conducting operations by the Public Order Action Group (GAOP), described as integrated actions that bring together municipal agencies and state forces, including the Military Police, Civil Police, Scientific Police, Traffic Departments, and Civil Defense, as well as City Hall secretariats.
In commenting on the numbers, the municipal management included a statement from Secretary Paulo Rogério Rigo, associating the ranking position with joint action among institutions and the investments made in the area.
Business Openings In 2025 And Sectors With The Most Registrations
The average of 74 per day, as reported in materials mentioning data from Jucesc, refers to new businesses registered in Joinville throughout 2025.
In the same publications, the sectors identified with the largest volume of registrations include transportation, trade and vehicle repair, and administrative activities and complementary services.
The construction industry, manufacturing industry, professional, scientific and technical activities, as well as accommodation and food services were also mentioned as areas with new registrations.
The texts that reported the data present these segments as part of the profile of openings observed during the period.
On the state level, the government of Santa Catarina reported that 2025 ended with 293 thousand businesses opened and 153 thousand closed.
The official release also highlighted a 13% growth compared to the previous period and described the result as the highest in the series monitored by Jucesc.
Joinville’s GDP And IBGE Data On The Local Economy
The economic performance of Joinville also appears in statistics released based on IBGE data.
In a statement, the City Hall informed that the municipality reached GDP of R$ 49.8 billion in 2023, after registering R$ 45 billion in 2021, remaining the largest economy in Santa Catarina, according to the municipal administration itself.
In the same material, the City Hall stated that this figure positions Joinville as the 28th largest economy in the country and among the largest in the Southern Region, behind Curitiba and Porto Alegre.
The municipal management relates this result to the sectorial composition of the municipality, with the presence of industry, trade, and services.
On another front, the City Hall disclosed initiatives aimed at economic promotion and attracting investments, including partnerships with local innovation entities.
The administration claims that these actions aim to increase the municipality’s visibility and present business opportunities.
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