The following most dangerous cities on Earth had the highest homicide rates in 2022, not including cities at war.
It also only includes cities with populations over 300,000. Otherwise, our home city of Birmingham, Alabama would make the list at number eight with 77.7 homicides per 100,000 people.
In fact the city we’re moving to in Mexico (Mérida) has 2.6% as many murders as where we live in the U.S, with an annual murder rate of 2 per 100,000 people.
1. Colima, Mexico
181.94 murders per 100,000 residents
2. Zamora, Mexico
177.73 murders per 100,000 residents
3. Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
138.23 murders per 100,000 residents
4. Zacatecas, Mexico
134.62 murders per 100,000 residents
5. Tijuana, Mexico
105.12 murders per 100,000 residents
6. Celaya, Mexico
99.64 murders per 100,000 residents
7. Uruapan, Mexico
78.26 murders per 100,000 residents
8. New Orleans, United States
70.56 murders per 100,000 residents
9. Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
67.69 murders per 100,000 residents
10. Acapulco, Mexico
65.55 murders per 100,000 residents
11. Mossoró, Brazil
63.21 murders per 100,000 residents
12. Cape Town, South Africa
63.00 murders per 100,000 residents
13. Irapuato, Mexico
61.60 murders per 100,000 residents
14. Cuernavaca, Mexico
60.20 murders per 100,000 residents
15. Durban, South Africa
59.37 murders per 100,000 residents
16. Kingston, Jamaica
58.46 murders per 100,000 residents
17. Baltimore, United States
57.76 murders per 100,000 residents
18. Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth), South Africa
56.99 murders per 100,000 residents
19. Salvador, Brazil
56.68 murders per 100,000 residents
20. Port-au-Prince, Haiti
54.75 murders per 100,000 residents
21. Manaus, Brazil
50.66 murders per 100,000 residents
22. Feira de Santana, Brazil
50.11 murders per 100,000 residents
23. Detroit, United States
48.86 murders per 100,000 residents
24. Guayaquil, Ecuador
47.77 murders per 100,000 residents
25. Memphis, United States
47.75 murders per 100,000 residents
26. Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
47.48 murders per 100,000 residents
27. Cleveland, United States
45.65 murders per 100,000 residents
28. Natal, Brazil
45.06 murders per 100,000 residents
29. Cancún, Mexico
44.09 murders per 100,000 residents
30. Chihuahua, Mexico
43.84 murders per 100,000 residents
31. Fortaleza, Brazil
42.63 murders per 100,000 residents
32. Cali, Colombia
42.09 murders per 100,000 residents
33. Morelia, Mexico
42.05 murders per 100,000 residents
34. Johannesburg, South Africa
41.43 murders per 100,000 residents
35. Recife, Brazil
39.89 murders per 100,000 residents
36. Maceió, Brazil
39.45 murders per 100,000 residents
37. Santa Marta, Colombia
39.28 murders per 100,000 residents
38. León, Mexico
37.64 murders per 100,000 residents
39. Milwaukee, United States
37.59 murders per 100,000 residents
40. Teresina, Brazil
37.30 murders per 100,000 residents
41. San Juan, Puerto Rico
37.06 murders per 100,000 residents
42. San Pedro Sula, Honduras
36.03 murders per 100,000 residents
43. Buenaventura, Colombia
35.16 murders per 100,000 residents
44. Ensenada, Mexico
34.93 murders per 100,000 residents
45. Distrito Central, Honduras
32.81 murders per 100,000 residents
46. Philadelphia, United States
32.74 murders per 100,000 residents
47. Cartagena, Colombia
31.29 murders per 100,000 residents
48. Palmira, Colombia
30.66 murders per 100,000 residents
49. Cúcuta, Colombia
29.47 murders per 100,000 residents
50. San Luis Potosí, Mexico
29.06 murders per 100,000 residents
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