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 | City | Country | Homicides (2017) | Population (2017) | Homicides per 100,000 |
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1 | Los Cabos | 365 | 328,245 | 111.33 | |
2 | Caracas | 3,387 | 3,046,104 | 111.19 | |
3 | Acapulco | 910 | 853,646 | 106.63 | |
4 | Natal | 1,378 | 1,343,573 | 102.56 | |
5 | Tijuana | 1,897 | 1,882,492 | 100.77 | |
6 | La Paz | 259 | 305,455 | 84.79 | |
7 | Fortaleza | 3,270 | 3,917,279 | 83.48 | |
8 | Ciudad Victoria | 301 | 361,078 | 83.32 | |
9 | Ciudad Guayana | 728 | 906,879 | 80.28 | |
10 | Belém | 1,743 | 2,441,761 | 71.38 | |
11 | Vitória da Conquista | 245 | 348,718 | 70.26 | |
12 | Culiacán | 671 | 957,613 | 70.10 | |
13 | St. Louis | 205 | 311,404 | 65.83 | |
14 | Maceió | 658 | 1,029,129 | 63.94 | |
15 | Cape Town | 2,493 | 4,004,793 | 62.25 | |
16 | Kingston | 705 | 1,180,771 | 59.71 | |
17 | San Salvador | 1,057 | 1,789,588 | 59.06 | |
18 | Aracaju | 560 | 951,073 | 58.88 | |
19 | Feira de Santana | 369 | 627,477 | 58.81 | |
20 | Ciudad Juárez | 814 | 1,448,859 | 56.16 | |
21 | Baltimore | 341 | 614,664 | 55.48 | |
22 | Recife | 2,180 | 3,965,699 | 54.96 | |
23 | Maturín | 327 | 600,722 | 54.43 | |
24 | Guatemala City | 1,705 | 3,187,293 | 53.49 | |
25 | Salvador | 2,071 | 4,015,205 | 51.58 | |
26 | San Pedro Sula | 392 | 765,864 | 51.18 | |
27 | Valencia | 784 | 1,576,071 | 49.74 | |
28 | Cali | 1,261 | 2,542,876 | 49.59 | |
29 | Chihuahua | 460 | 929,884 | 49.48 | |
30 | João Pessoa | 554 | 1,126,613 | 49.17 | |
31 | Obregón | 166 | 339,000 | 48.96 | |
32 | San Juan | 169 | 347,052 | 48.70 | |
33 | Barquisimeto | 644 | 1,335,348 | 48.23 | |
34 | Manaus | 1,024 | 2,130,264 | 48.07 | |
35 | Distrito Central (Tegucigalpa) | 588 | 1,224,897 | 48.00 | |
36 | Tepic | 237 | 503,330 | 47.09 | |
37 | Palmira | 144 | 308,669 | 46.65 | |
38 | Reynosa | 294 | 701,525 | 41.95 | |
39 | Porto Alegre | 1,748 | 4,268,083 | 40.96 | |
40 | Macapá | 191 | 474,706 | 40.24 | |
41 | New Orleans | 157 | 391,495 | 40.10 | |
42 | Detroit | 267 | 672,795 | 39.69 | |
43 | Mazatlán | 192 | 488,281 | 39.32 | |
44 | Durban | 1,396 | 3,661,911 | 38.12 | |
45 | Campos dos Goytacazes | 184 | 490,288 | 37.53 | |
46 | Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth) | 474 | 1,263,051 | 37.53 | |
47 | Campina Grande | 153 | 410,332 | 37.29 | |
48 | Teresina | 315 | 850,198 | 37.05 | |
49 | Vitoria | 707 | 1,960,213 | 36.07 | |
50 | Cúcuta | 290 | 833,743 | 34.78 |
By country
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See also
- Firearm death rates in the United States by state
- Homicide in world cities
- 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 8 March 2018.
- ↑ "Most Dangerous Cities in the World". WorldAtlas.
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