The following article is a list of cities sorted by homicide rates in the world, excluding active war zones. The homicide rate of a city is an imprecise tool for comparison, as the population within city borders may not best represent an urban or metropolitan area with varying rates in different areas.
Rankings (2022)
The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people.[1] This is based on 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City.[2]
City | Country | Homicides | Population | Per 100,000 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Colima | Mexico | 601 | 330,329 | 181.94 |
2 | Zamora | Mexico | 552 | 310,575 | 177.73 |
3 | Ciudad Obregón | Mexico | 454 | 328,430 | 138.23 |
4 | Zacatecas | Mexico | 490 | 363,996 | 134.62 |
5 | Tijuana | Mexico | 2,177 | 2,070,875 | 105.12 |
6 | Celaya | Mexico | 740 | 742,662 | 99.64 |
7 | Uruapan | Mexico | 282 | 360,338 | 78.26 |
8 | New Orleans | United States | 266 | 376,971 | 70.56 |
9 | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 1,034 | 1,527,482 | 67.69 |
10 | Acapulco | Mexico | 513 | 782,661 | 65.55 |
11 | Mossoró | Brazil | 167 | 264,181 | 63.21 |
12 | Cape Town | South Africa | 2,998 | 4,758,405 | 63.00 |
13 | Irapuato | Mexico | 539 | 874,997 | 61.60 |
14 | Cuernavaca | Mexico | 410 | 681,086 | 60.20 |
15 | Durban | South Africa | 2,405 | 4,050,968 | 59.37 |
16 | Kingston | Jamaica | 722 | 1,235,013 | 58.46 |
17 | Baltimore | United States | 333 | 576,498 | 57.76 |
18 | Nelson Mandela Bay [a] | South Africa | 687 | 1,250,484 | 56.99 |
19 | Salvador | Brazil | 2,085 | 3,678,414 | 56.68 |
20 | Port-au-Prince | Haiti | 1,596 | 2,915,000 | 54.75 |
21 | Manaus | Brazil | 1,041 | 2,054,731 | 50.66 |
22 | Feira de Santana | Brazil | 327 | 652,592 | 50.11 |
23 | Detroit | United States | 309 | 632,454 | 48.86 |
24 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 1,537 | 3,141,793 | 47.77 |
25 | Memphis | United States | 302 | 632,464 | 47.75 |
26 | Vitória da Conquista | Brazil | 184 | 387,524 | 47.48 |
27 | Cleveland | United States | 168 | 367,991 | 45.65 |
28 | Natal | Brazil | 569 | 1,262,741 | 45.06 |
29 | Cancun | Mexico | 406 | 920,865 | 44.09 |
30 | Chihuahua | Mexico | 414 | 944,413 | 43.84 |
31 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 1,678 | 3,936,509 | 42.63 |
32 | Cali | Colombia | 1,007 | 2,392,381 | 42.09 |
33 | Morelia | Mexico | 359 | 853,831 | 42.05 |
34 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 2,547 | 6,148,353 | 41.43 |
35 | Recife | Brazil | 1,494 | 3,745,082 | 39.89 |
36 | Maceió | Brazil | 379 | 960,667 | 39.45 |
37 | Santa Marta | Colombia | 280 | 712,896 | 39.28 |
38 | León | Mexico | 782 | 2,077,830 | 37.64 |
39 | Milwaukee | United States | 214 | 569,330 | 37.59 |
40 | Teresina | Brazil | 324 | 868,523 | 37.30 |
41 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 125 | 337,300 | 37.06 |
42 | San Pedro Sula | Honduras | 278 | 771,627 | 36.03 |
43 | Buenaventura | Colombia | 157 | 315,743 | 35.16 |
44 | Ensenada | Mexico | 157 | 449,425 | 34.93 |
45 | Distrito Central | Honduras | 389 | 1,185,662 | 32.81 |
46 | Philadelphia | United States | 516 | 1,576,251 | 32.74 |
47 | Cartagena | Colombia | 403 | 1,287,829 | 31.29 |
48 | Palmira | Colombia | 110 | 358,806 | 30.66 |
49 | Cúcuta | Colombia | 296 | 1,004,451 | 29.47 |
50 | San Luis Potosí | Mexico | 365 | 1,265,177 | 29.06 |
By country
Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mexico | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
Brazil | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
United States | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Colombia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
South Africa | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Honduras | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Haiti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Venezuela | 6 | 6 | 6 | No data | No data |
Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
El Salvador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other statistics
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
- 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)
- 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)
Notes
Sources
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