The 40 deadliest cities in the world: Locations with highest murder rates per population… with nine of the worst ten in Mexico, six of the list in the US, while Brazil and South Africa also dominate
- Each year, Mexican organisation CCPSCJ compiles list of world’s deadliest cities based on homicide rates: the number of homicdes per 100,000 people
- In 2022, only one city in the list’s top 10 was not Mexican: New Orleans
DAILY MAIL
Gang violence, mass shootings, poverty and sprawling populations: These are all unwanted characteristics exhibited by the 40 deadliest cities in the world.
The majority are clustered in the Western Hemisphere, data shows, with cities in South and Central America, as well as the United States, dominating the list.
Of the top ten, nine are in Mexico. Colima – the capital of the Mexican state of the same name – was ranked at the top of the list and above the likes of Tijuana, New Orleans, Cape Town, Kingston, Port-au-Prince and Cali, which also feature.
It is the sixth consecutive year a Mexican city has been ranked the world’s most violent by the The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice CCPSCJ, an advocacy group based in Mexico City, which compiles an annual report.
Because of Mexico, cities on the North American continent make up 23 of the top 40, although six from the US are also included (New Orleans, Baltimore, Detroit, Memphis, Cleveland and Milwaukee), as well as one each from Jamaica and Haiti.
The 40 deadliest cities in the world are clustered in the Western Hemisphere, data shows, with South and Central America, as well as the United States, dominating the list of where the most violent metropolises are found. Pictured: The 40 deadliest cities are plotted with red dots on this map, with some notable cities highlighted with their population and homicide numbers
It is the sixth consecutive year a Mexican city has been ranked the most violent in the world by the The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice CCPSCJ, an advocacy group based in Mexico City, which compiles an annual report. Pictured: The top 40 deadliest cities
An additional 13 are from South America and four in Africa – all of which are in South Africa: Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg.
The average homicide rate across the top 40 cities on the list is 64.55 per 100,000 people – more than ten times the global average of 5.36 per 100,000.
Several cities on the list share a number of similarities, including dense and rapidly expanding populations, districts rife with poverty and gang violence, as well as law enforcement agencies and governments that are unequipped to tackle the issue.