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 |
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1 | Caracas | ![]() |
3,946 | 3,291,830 | 119.87 |
2 | San Pedro Sula | ![]() |
885 | 797,065 | 111.03 |
3 | San Salvador | ![]() |
1,918 | 1,767,102 | 108.54 |
4 | Acapulco | ![]() |
903 | 862,176 | 104.73 |
5 | Maturín | ![]() |
505 | 584,166 | 86.45 |
6 | Distrito Central | ![]() |
882 | 1,199,802 | 73.51 |
7 | Valencia | ![]() |
1,125 | 1,555,739 | 72.31 |
8 | Palmira | ![]() |
216 | 304,735 | 70.88 |
9 | Cape Town | ![]() |
2,451 | 3,740,026 | 65.53 |
10 | Cali | ![]() |
1,523 | 2,369,821 | 64.27 |
11 | Ciudad Guayana | ![]() |
547 | 877,547 | 62.33 |
12 | Fortaleza | ![]() |
2,422 | 3,985,297 | 60.77 |
13 | Natal | ![]() |
921 | 1,518,221 | 60.66 |
14 | Salvador | ![]() |
1,996 | 3,291,830 | 60.63 |
15 | St. Louis | ![]() |
188 | 317,416 | 59.23 |
16 | João Pessoa | ![]() |
643 | 1,100,956 | 58.40 |
17 | Culiacán | ![]() |
518 | 923,546 | 56.09 |
18 | Maceió | ![]() |
564 | 1,013,773 | 55.63 |
19 | Baltimore | ![]() |
343 | 623,911 | 54.98 |
20 | Barquisimeto | ![]() |
719 | 1,308,163 | 54.96 |
21 | São Luís | ![]() |
802 | 1,511,678 | 53.05 |
22 | Cuiabá | ![]() |
412 | 849,083 | 48.52 |
23 | Manaus | ![]() |
985 | 2,057,711 | 47.87 |
24 | Cumaná | ![]() |
199 | 416,587 | 47.77 |
25 | Guatemala City | ![]() |
1,528 | 3,239,185 | 47.17 |
26 | Belém | ![]() |
1,101 | 2,402,437 | 45.83 |
27 | Feira de Santana | ![]() |
281 | 617,528 | 45.50 |
28 | Detroit | ![]() |
295 | 672,193 | 43.89 |
29 | Goiânia | ![]() |
847 | 1,952,607 | 43.38 |
30 | Teresina | ![]() |
360 | 844,245 | 42.64 |
31 | Vitória | ![]() |
802 | 1,910,101 | 41.99 |
32 | New Orleans | ![]() |
164 | 395,710 | 41.44 |
33 | Kingston | ![]() |
492 | 1,196,040 | 41.14 |
34 | Gran Barcelona | ![]() |
334 | 833,328 | 40.08 |
35 | Tijuana | ![]() |
668 | 1,708,679 | 39.09 |
36 | Vitória da Conquista | ![]() |
132 | 343,230 | 38.46 |
37 | Recife | ![]() |
1,492 | 3,914,317 | 38.12 |
38 | Aracaju | ![]() |
349 | 925,744 | 37.70 |
39 | Campos dos Goytacazes | ![]() |
175 | 483,970 | 36.16 |
40 | Campina Grande | ![]() |
146 | 405,072 | 36.04 |
41 | Durban | ![]() |
1,237 | 3,442,361 | 35.93 |
42 | Nelson Mandela Bay | ![]() |
413 | 1,152,115 | 35.85 |
43 | Porto Alegre | ![]() |
1,479 | 4,258,926 | 34.73 |
44 | Curitiba | ![]() |
1,121 | 3,230,061 | 34.71 |
45 | Pereira | ![]() |
153 | 469,612 | 32.58 |
46 | Ciudad Victoria | ![]() |
107 | 350,862 | 30.50 |
47 | Johannesburg | ![]() |
1,344 | 4,434,827 | 30.31 |
48 | Macapá | ![]() |
138 | 456,171 | 30.25 |
49 | Maracaibo | ![]() |
477 | 1,653,211 | 28.85 |
50 | Obregón | ![]() |
90 | 318,184 | 28.29 |
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See also
- Crime and violence in Latin America
- Firearm death rates in the United States by state
- Homicide in world cities
- Latin American cities by murder rate
- List of Brazilian states by murder rate
- List of countries by firearm-related death rate
- List of countries by intentional death rate - homicide plus suicide.
- List of countries by intentional homicide rate by decade
- List of countries by intentional homicide rate
- List of countries by life expectancy
- List of countries by suicide rate
- List of federal subjects of Russia by murder rate
- List of Mexican states by homicides
- List of U.S. states by homicide rate
- List of United States cities by crime rate (2014). 250,000+
- Number of guns per capita by country
- Right to keep and bear arms in the United States
- United States cities by crime rate (100,000–250,000)
- United States cities by crime rate (60,000-100,000)
Sources
- ↑ "List of cities by murder rate". seguridadjusticiaypaz.org.mx. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "Most Dangerous Cities in the World". WorldAtlas.
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