List of cities by homicide rate

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][2][3][4][5]} For cities without data prior to 2023 or 2024, figures are based upon 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.^[6]

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Rank	City	Country	Homicides	Population	Per 100,000
1	Colima	Mexico	601	330,329	181.94
2	Durán	Ecuador	453	306,045	148.00
3	Ciudad Obregón	Mexico	454	328,430	138.23
4	Zacatecas	Mexico	490	363,996	134.62
5	Nelson Mandela Bay	South Africa	1,247	1,212,836	102.82
6	Cajeme	Mexico	432	485,453	88.99
7	Tijuana	Mexico	1,638	1,863,973	87.88
8	Guayaquil	Ecuador	2,319	2,765,695	83.80
9	Uruapan	Mexico	282	360,338	78.26
10	Machala	Ecuador	239	308,461	77.50
11	Durban	South Africa	3,138	4,080,930	76.89
12	Portoviejo	Ecuador	247	325,193	76.00
13	Feira de Santana	Brazil	459	614,872	74.65
14	Kingston	Jamaica	475	671,596	70.73
15	Celaya	Mexico	370	543,570	68.07
16	Macapá	Brazil	341	503,327	67.75
17	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	827	1,231,788	67.20
18	Cape Town	South Africa	3,231	4,837,094	66.80
19	uMgungundlovu	South Africa	758	1,144,103	66.25
20	Ciudad Juárez	Mexico	986	1,489,507	66.20
21	Acapulco	Mexico	513	782,661	65.55
22	Buffalo City	South Africa	521	794,389	65.59
23	Caucaia	Brazil	237	361,400	65.58
24	Irapuato	Mexico	539	874,997	61.60
25	Cuernavaca	Mexico	410	681,086	60.20
26	Salvador	Brazil	2,085	3,678,414	56.68
27	Manaus	Brazil	1,041	2,054,731	50.66
28	Memphis	United States	297	618,639	48.00
29	Vitória da Conquista	Brazil	184	387,524	47.48
30	Natal	Brazil	569	1,262,741	45.06
31	Cancun	Mexico	406	920,865	44.09
32	Chihuahua	Mexico	414	944,413	43.84
33	Fortaleza	Brazil	1,678	3,936,509	42.63
34	Cali	Colombia	1,007	2,392,381	42.09
35	Morelia	Mexico	359	853,831	42.05
36	Johannesburg	South Africa	2,547	6,148,353	41.43
37	Recife	Brazil	1,494	3,745,082	39.89
38	Maceió	Brazil	379	960,667	39.45
39	Santa Marta	Colombia	280	712,896	39.28
40	León	Mexico	782	2,077,830	37.64
41	Teresina	Brazil	324	868,523	37.30
42	San Juan	Puerto Rico	125	337,300	37.06
43	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	278	771,627	36.03
44	Baltimore	United States	201	568,271	35.30
45	Buenaventura	Colombia	157	315,743	35.16
46	Ensenada	Mexico	157	449,425	34.93
47	New Orleans	United States	124	362,701	34.18
48	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	389	1,185,662	32.81
49	Detroit	United States	203	631,524	32.10

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Homicide rate top 50: Number of cities 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

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