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Featured February 23, 2023

The world’s murder capitals, ranked

by Constance Brinkley-Badgett

When it comes to homicide, the most dangerous cities in the world are located in Latin America, where most deaths are related to drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, and gang wars.

According to the latest data from Statista, only three cities outside Central and South America made the top 25, and two of those cities are in the United States.

Here we take a look at those 25 cities and their homicide rates per 100,000 residents:

Coroa do Meio, Aracaju, Brazil — Paulo JC Nogueira / Wikimedia

25. Aracuja, Brazil: 48.77

San Salvador, El Salvador — Joey’s Lens / iStock

24. San Salvador, El Salvador: 50.32

Baltimore — Sean Pavone/istockphoto

23. Baltimore, U.S.: 50.52

Vitoria de Conquista, Brazil — Emilãine Vieira / Flickr

22. Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil: 50.75

Maceio, Brazil — bitenka / iStock

21. Maceio, Brazil: 51.46

The El Palacio Municipal in Ciudad Obregon, Mexico — Cnec wiki / Wikimedia

20. Ciudad Obregon, Mexico: 52.09

Kingston, Jamaica — GummyBone / iStock

19. Kingston, Jamaica: 54.12

Uruapan, Mexico — Wirestock / iStock

18. Uruapan, Mexico: 54.52

Barquisimento, Venezuela — Wirestock / iStock

17. Barquisimento, Venezuela: 56.67

A Catholic church in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela — jsandoval / iStock

16. Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela: 60.09

Culician, Mexico — alxpina / iStock

15. Culiacan, Mexico: 60.52

St. Louis — Sean Pavone/iStock

14. St. Louis, U.S.: 60.59

Feira de Santana, Brazil — Andrevruas / Wikimedia

13. Feira De Santana, Brazil: 63.29

Cancun, Mexico — Victor Ambriz / iStock

12. Cancun, Mexico: 64.47

Belem, Brazil — Roman_Rahm / iStock

11. Belem, Brazil: 65.31

Cape Town — DepositPhotos.com

10. Cape Town, South Africa: 66.36

Fortaleza, Brazil — Phaelnogueira / iStock

9. Fortaleza, Brazil: 69.15

Natal, Brazil — Brastock Images / iStock

8. Natal, Brazil: 74.67

Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela — Heribert Dezeo / Wikimedia

7. Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela: 78.3

Irapuato, Mexico — I.quixote / Wikipedia

6. Irapuato, Mexico: 81.44

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — Phototreat / iStock

5. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: 85.56

Ciudad Victoria, Mexico — Roberto Galan / iStock

4. Ciudad Victoria, Mexico: 86.01

Caracas, Venezuela — GummyBone / iStock

3. Caracas, Venezuela: 99.98

Acapulco, Mexico — Gerardo_Borbolla / iStock

2. Acapulco, Mexico: 110.5

Tijuana, Mexico — f8grapher / iStock

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Constance Brinkley-Badgett

Constance Brinkley-Badgett is MediaFeed’s executive editor. She has more than 20 years of experience in digital, broadcast and print journalism, as well as several years of agency experience in content marketing. She has served as a digital producer at NBC Nightly News, Senior Producer at CNBC, Managing Editor at ICF Next, and as a tax reporter at Bloomberg BNA.

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