Most Dangerous Cities in the World 2022/2023

The article lists some of the deadliest places on earth, the top 10 most dangerous cities in the world that have the highest homicide rates per 100,000 inhabitants. Mexico tops the list with nine cities in the top 10 most dangerous cities in the world in 2023 and other dangerous cities beyond top ten are in Venezuela, Columbia, South Africa, Honduras, Jamaica, Brazil, Guatemala and United States. In the era of twenty-first century, Violence and peace cannot coexist together in any area, and such criminal acts are considered potential threats to humankind. Various forms of violent criminal activities make a place dangerous for both the residents, traders and the tourists that visit the place.

By 2023, Mexico continues to be most cities almost forty-percent amongst the countries with the highest homicide rates, with the most violent cities in the world, According to Mexico stats in 2021, Zamora had a homicide case rate of 193 per 100,000 people, followed by Fresnillo with 182 per 100,000 people, and Obregón with 126 per 100,000 people, By the end of the year, 96.8 percent of Zamora and Fresnillo residents reported feeling unsafe, the highest percentage of any major city in Mexico. According to Mexico daily post, Best to avoid Mexico top dangerous cities of Fresnillo, Tijuana, Ciudad Obregón, Uruapan Del Progreso, Celaya and Ciudad Juárez, avoid as much as possible since even the people who live there are not so thrilled about their situation. These are the not good places to visit or to live in Mexico due to its terrible reputation. The highly populous mexican metro cities Tijuana and Chihuahua witnessed a homicide rate of 95 for every 100,000 inhabitants in 2021 down from 134 in 2019.

Crime in Venezuela is widespread, with violent crimes such as murder and kidnapping are most common, the country recorded 3,112 murders in 2021, Caracas remained the epicenter of violence in the country had a homicide case rate saw a decrease from 92 to 80 per 100,000 people from from 2016 to 2021, Ciudad Guayana, Ciudad Bolívar, Barquisimeto are the other top Venezuela crime cities.

Caribbean island nation of Jamaica had the highest murder rate in the region. Kingston, Montego Bay and Spanish Town experience high levels of crime and violence, especially Capital Kingston which is Kingston & St. Andrew Parish had the highest homicide rate.

Rank	City	Country	Homicides(2019)	Homicides (2021)	Population 2020/2021(Estimates)	Homicides Per 100,000 (2020/2021)
1	Zamora	Mexico	294	391	273,641	193
2	Fresnilla	Mexico	392	429	240,532	182
3	Obregón	Mexico	281	604	329404	126
4	Zacatecas	Mexico	151	390	405,285	107
5	Chihuahua	Mexico	391	1,455	988,065	95.8
6	Tijuana	Mexico	2,367	1,770	1,922,523	95
7	Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	139	301	349,688	86
8	Juárez	Mexico	1,522	1,235	1,512,450	82
9	Irapuato	Mexico	723	483	592,953	81.44
10	Caracas	Venezuela	2,134	2,320	2,901,222	80
11	Celaya	Mexico	262	413	767,104	79
12	Ciudad Guayana	Venezuela	462	645	824,104	78.3
13	Ensenada	Mexico	275	343	443,807	76.9
14	Cape Town	South Africa	3,065	3,532	4,710,000	74.98
15	Uruapan	Mexico	301	263	356,786	73.4
16	Fortaleza	Brazil	1,365	1,869	2,703,391	69.15
17	Mossoró	Brazil		189	303,792	62.1
18	Feira de Santana	Brazil	349	341	556,642	61.21
19	Distrito Central (Tegucigalpa)	Honduras	516	743	1,276,738	58.15
20	Ciudad Bolívar	Venezuela	189	203	373455	54.54
21	Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)	South Africa	553	614	1,152,915	53.25
22	Detroit	United States	273	347	659616	52.60
23	Vitória da Conquista	Brazil	205	161	306,866	52.47
24	Acapulco	Mexico	600	445	779,566	51
25	Kingston	Jamaica	680	593	1,202,322	49.32
26	Cuernavaca	Mexico	470	497	1,028,589	48.33
27	Manaus	Brazil	878	1,072	2,255,903	47.52
28	Cancún	Mexico	376	443	934,189	47.44
29	Salvador, Bahia	Brazil	1,657	1,809	3,922,211	46.12
30	Guatemala City	Guatemala	1,420	1,399	3,180,115	44
31	León	Mexico	697	711	1,924,771	44
32	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	489	503	1,165,443	43.22
33	Caruaru	Brazil	160	160	369,343	43.21
34	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	436	624	1,445,598	43.16
35	Durban	South Africa	1,577	1,923	3,901,211	42.29
36	Natal	Brazil	645	376	896,708	41.9
37	Rio Branco	Brazil	183	173	413,418	41.85
38	Morelia	Mexico	325	408	988,704	41.22
39	Cali	Colombia	1,176	885	2,252,616	39.23
40	Johannesburg	South Africa	2,078	2,232	5,783,502	38.59
41	Recife	Brazil	1,422	627	1,661,017	37.72
42	New Orleans	United States		139	376,971	36.8
43	Maturin	Venezuela	184	179	533,232	35.02
44	Culiacan	Mexico	472	350	1,003,530	35
45	Valencia	Venezuela	486	485	1,412,766	34.33
46	Maceió	Brazil	347	343	1,031,597	33.22
47	Reynosa	Mexico	248	278	837,251	33.21
48	Minatitlán	Mexico	132	119	359,228	33.11
49	Cúcuta	Colombia	303	256	862342	29.68
50	Baltimore	United States	348	168	576,498	29.1
51	Birmingham	United States		57	197,575	29.1
52	St. Louis	United States	194	82	293,310	27.8
53	Guadalajara	Mexico	1,932	412	5,268,642	27.57
54	Palmira	Colombia	124	87	315,221	27.32

South Africa is the crime capital in Africa, In 2022, around 68 people were murdered in South Africa every day steadily increased from 32 per day in 2011. There have been numerous press reports on the manipulation of crime statistics that not to record violent crime due to its highly corrupted departments. Rape, Car hijackings, House breakings, ATM cash robberies, Cash-in-transit heists and kidnappings are a common in the cities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Port Elizabeth. These were not very big gangs but most of them are organised in small teams by their own due unemployment and not for drugs.

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