List of cities by murder rate

The following 50 cities have the highest murder rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people, and all relevant data available online.[1][2]

Rank Municipality Country Homicides
(2015)
Population
(2015)
Homicides
per 100,000
1 Caracas  Venezuela 3,946 3,291,830 119.87
2 San Pedro Sula  Honduras 885 797,065 111.03
3 San Salvador  El Salvador 1,918 1,767,102 108.54
4 Acapulco  Mexico 903 862,176 104.73
5 Maturín  Venezuela 505 584,166 86.45
6 Distrito Central  Honduras 882 1,199,802 73.51
7 Valencia  Venezuela 1,125 1,555,739 72.31
8 Palmira  Colombia 216 304,735 70.88
9 Cape Town  South Africa 2,451 3,740,026 65.53
10 Cali  Colombia 1,523 2,369,821 64.27
11 Ciudad Guayana  Venezuela 547 877,547 62.33
12 Fortaleza  Brazil 2,422 3,985,297 60.77
13 Natal  Brazil 921 1,518,221 60.66
14 Salvador  Brazil 1,996 3,291,830 60.63
15 St. Louis  United States 188 317,416 59.23
16 João Pessoa  Brazil 643 1,100,956 58.40
17 Culiacán  Mexico 518 923,546 56.09
18 Maceió  Brazil 564 1,013,773 55.63
19 Baltimore  United States 343 623,911 54.98
20 Barquisimeto  Venezuela 719 1,308,163 54.96
21 São Luís  Brazil 802 1,511,678 53.05
22 Cuiabá  Brazil 412 849,083 48.52
23 Manaus  Brazil 985 2,057,711 47.87
24 Cumaná  Venezuela 199 416,587 47.77
25 Guatemala City  Guatemala 1,528 3,239,185 47.17
26 Belém  Brazil 1,101 2,402,437 45.83
27 Feira de Santana  Brazil 281 617,528 45.50
28 Detroit  United States 295 672,193 43.89
29 Goiânia  Brazil 847 1,952,607 43.38
30 Teresina  Brazil 360 844,245 42.64
31 Vitória  Brazil 802 1,910,101 41.99
32 New Orleans  United States 164 395,710 41.44
33 Kingston  Jamaica 492 1,196,040 41.14
34 Gran Barcelona  Venezuela 334 833,328 40.08
35 Tijuana  Mexico 668 1,708,679 39.09
36 Vitória da Conquista  Brazil 132 343,230 38.46
37 Recife  Brazil 1,492 3,914,317 38.12
38 Aracaju  Brazil 349 925,744 37.70
39 Campos dos Goytacazes  Brazil 175 483,970 36.16
40 Campina Grande  Brazil 146 405,072 36.04
41 Durban  South Africa 1,237 3,442,361 35.93
42 Nelson Mandela Bay  South Africa 413 1,152,115 35.85
43 Porto Alegre  Brazil 1,479 4,258,926 34.73
44 Curitiba  Brazil 1,121 3,230,061 34.71
45 Pereira  Colombia 153 469,612 32.58
46 Ciudad Victoria  Mexico 107 350,862 30.50
47 Johannesburg  South Africa 1,344 4,434,827 30.31
48 Macapá  Brazil 138 456,171 30.25
49 Maracaibo  Venezuela 477 1,653,211 28.85
50 Obregón  Mexico 90 318,184 28.29

By country

Top 50 most violent cities by country
Country No. of cities
 Brazil 21
 Venezuela 8
 Mexico 5
 South Africa 4
 United States 4
 Colombia 3
 Honduras 2
 El Salvador 1
 Guatemala 1
 Jamaica 1

See also

Sources

  1. "List of cities by murder rate". seguridadjusticiaypaz.org.mx. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "Most Dangerous Cities in the World". WorldAtlas.
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