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. The murder 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.
All but 4 of the top 50 cities are in the Americas, with the remainder in South Africa.
| Rank | City | Country | Homicides | Population | Homicides per 100,000 per year |
| 1 | Tijuana | 2,367 | 1,763,197 | 134.24 | |
| 2 | Juárez | 1,522 | 1,455,923 | 104.54 | |
| 3 | Uruapan | 301 | 351,823 | 85.54 | |
| 4 | Irapuato | 723 | 895,515 | 80.74 | |
| 5 | Obregón | 281 | 348,154 | 80.72 | |
| 6 | Caracas | 2,134 | 2,858,933 | 74.65 | |
| 7 | Acapulco | 600 | 837,914 | 71.61 | |
| 8 | Cape Town | 3,065 | 4,488,545 | 68.28 | |
| 9 | St. Louis | 194 | 300,576 | 64.54 | |
| 10 | Vitória da Conquista | 205 | 341,597 | 60.01 | |
| 11 | Baltimore | 348 | 593,490 | 58.64 | |
| 12 | Ciudad Guayana | 462 | 799,255 | 57.80 | |
| 13 | Kingston | 680 | 1,180,771 | 57.59 | |
| 14 | Feira de Santana | 349 | 614,872 | 56.76 | |
| 15 | San Pedro Sula | 436 | 789,645 | 55.21 | |
| 16 | San Juan | 172 | 318,441 | 54.01 | |
| 17 | Ensenada | 275 | 527,584 | 52.12 | |
| 18 | Ciudad Bolívar | 189 | 370,627 | 51.01 | |
| 19 | Cuernavaca | 470 | 923,274 | 50.91 | |
| 20 | Celaya | 262 | 526,166 | 49.87 | |
| 21 | Culiacan | 472 | 955,340 | 49.41 | |
| 22 | Natal | 645 | 1,334,817 | 48.32 | |
| 23 | Salvador, Bahia | 1,657 | 3,490,792 | 47.47 | |
| 24 | Nelson Mandela Bay | 553 | 1,207,485 | 45.80 | |
| 25 | Cancún | 376 | 825,647 | 45.54 | |
| 26 | Cali | 1,176 | 2,599,468 | 45.24 | |
| 27 | Rio Branco | 183 | 407,319 | 44.93 | |
| 28 | Caruaru | 160 | 361,118 | 44.31 | |
| 29 | Guatemala City | 1,420 | 3,265,546 | 43.48 | |
| 30 | Zacatecas | 151 | 351,397 | 42.95 | |
| 31 | Barquisimeto | 489 | 1,161,709 | 42.11 | |
| 32 | Chihuahua | 391 | 937,233 | 41.70 | |
| 33 | Distrito Central | 516 | 1,259,646 | 40.96 | |
| 34 | Detroit | 273 | 670,031 | 40.74 | |
| 35 | Durban | 1,577 | 3,890,001 | 40.54 | |
| 36 | Manaus | 878 | 2,182,763 | 40.22 | |
| 37 | Palmira | 124 | 312,507 | 39.68 | |
| 38 | Morelia | 325 | 819,361 | 39.65 | |
| 39 | Ciudad Victoria | 139 | 363,577 | 38.27 | |
| 40 | Guadalajara | 1,932 | 5,073,583 | 38.07 | |
| 41 | Reynosa | 248 | 679,229 | 36.57 | |
| 42 | Johannesburg | 2,078 | 5,738,536 | 36.21 | |
| 43 | Minatitlán | 132 | 369,213 | 35.75 | |
| 44 | Cúcuta | 303 | 852,014 | 35.56 | |
| 45 | Recife | 1,422 | 3,999,817 | 35.55 | |
| 46 | Valencia | 486 | 1,371,267 | 35.41 | |
| 47 | León | 697 | 1,987,335 | 35.07 | |
| 48 | Maturin | 184 | 526,243 | 34.98 | |
| 49 | Fortaleza | 1,365 | 3,959,923 | 34.47 | |
| 50 | Maceió | 347 | 1,018,948 | 34.05 |
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