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.

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

• Crime and violence in Latin America
• Firearm death rates in the United States by state
• Gun politics in the United States
• 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)