The 20 Most Violent Cities In The World

Touring around the world is a fantastic way to spend your leisure time, now it’s easier than ever to visit distant places of your dreams but not all cities are as alluring as you think. Every city has number of crime issues that can trap visitors into unbelievable dangerous level of violence. Drug trafficking, gang wars, political instability, corruption, and poverty are most common factors that are largely involved to make cities the most dangerous in the world even gun restriction laws do not affect violent criminals but only disarm innocent people and leave them at the mercy of criminals.

Most of the world’s murders happened in countries of Latin America where homicide rate is highest. The overwhelming majority of the most violent cities in the world are part of Latin America where murder violence is higher than the world average, especially in Honduras, Venezuela and Mexico where condition is continuously getting worse with everyday passed, and now it has become the most dangerous city in term of murder and violence. Venezuela, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico and Brazil are the home of the most violent cities of the world. Improved performance of the police resulted in commendable decrease of violence in some cities of Colombia and El Salvador but lack of transparency and falsifying figures, by some countries to simulate lower than the actual crime rate, is the biggest challenge in ranking cities based on violence and murder rate. Below is the list of top ten most dangerous cities with highest murder rate  that should be avoided to visit.

Position	City	Country	Homicide	People	Rate
1	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	1,411	753.99	187.14
2	Caracas	Venezuela	4,364	3247971	134.36
3	Acapulco	Mexico	940	833.294	112.8
4	Cali	Colombia	1,930	2319684	83.2
5	Maceio	Brazil	795	996.733	79.76
6	Central District	Honduras	946	1191111	79.42
7	Fortress	Brazil	2,754	3782634	72.81
8	Guatemala	Guatemala	2,123	3103685	68.4
9	João Pessoa	Brazil	515	769.607	66.92
10	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	804	1242351	64.72
11	Palmira	Colombia	183	300.707	60.86
12	Home	Brazil	838	1454264	57.62
13	Salvador (and RMS)	Brazil	2,234	3884435	57.51
14	Vitoria	Brazil	1,066	1857616	57.39
15	São Luís	Brazil	807	1414793	57.04
16	Culiacán	Mexico	490	897.583	54.57
17	Ciudad Guayana	Venezuela	570	1050283	54.27
18	Turret	Mexico	633	1167142	54.24
19	Kingston	Jamaica	619	1171686	52.83
20	Cape Town	South Africa	1,905	3740026	50.94

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