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The 50 most dangerous cities in the world

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CrimsonLotus
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Colombia1123 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-15 17:37:02
January 15 2012 16:43 GMT
#1
Edit: It's likely that there are several violent places that don't make the list, specially in Africa, that most likely don't keep accurate records of murders.

According to a new study based on Mexico, 45 of them are located on the American continent, with 40 on Latin America, 4 in the US and 1 in Jamaica.

Five of the 10 most violent cities in the world are Mexican. 45 of the 50 most violent cities are located in the Americas and 40 in Latin America. The most violent subnational jurisdiction in the world for Honduras and 3 of the 10 most violent sub-national jurisdictions in the world are Honduran. 19 of the 50 jurisdictions world's most violent are located in Mexico and Central America. In Mexico, followed by "shaving" the numbers to pretend that there is less violence.

With a rate of 159 intentional homicides per 100 thousand inhabitants, the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula was the world's most violent city in 2011.


(Full study).
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http://www.seguridadjusticiaypaz.org.mx/sala-de-prensa/541-san-pedro-sula-la-ciudad-mas-violenta-del-mundo-juarez-la-segunda

The number of cities on the index by country is as follows: 14 Brazil, 12 Mexico, 5 Colombia, 4 (It said 5 not on Latin America, but I think the last one is in Jamaica) United States, 4 South Africa, 3 Venezuela, 2 Honduras, 1 Jamaica, 1 Guatemala, 1 El Salvador, 1 Panama, 1 Iraq.

Edit: You can find the following table in a cleaner way in the above link.
Position City Country Homicide People Rate
1 San Pedro Sula Honduras 1.143 719.447 158.87
2 Juarez Mexico 1.974 1,335,890 147.77
3 Maceió Brazil 1.564 1,156,278 135.26
4 Acapulco Mexico 1.029 804.412 127.92
5 Central District Honduras 1.123 1,126,534 99.69
6 Caracas Venezuela 3.164 3,205,463 98.71
7 Torreón (metropolitan) Mexico 990 1,128,152 87.75
8 Chihuahua Mexico 690 831.693 82.96
9 Durango Mexico 474 593.389 79.88
10 Belém Brazil 1.639 2,100,319 78.04
11 Cali Colombia 1.720 2,207,994 77.90
12 Guatemala Guatemala 2.248 3,014,060 74.58
13 Culiacan Mexico 649 871.620 74.46
14 Medellin Colombia 1.624 2,309,446 70.32
15 Mazatlan Mexico 307 445.343 68.94
16 Tepic (metropolitan area) Mexico 299 439.362 68.05
17 Vitoria Brazil 1.143 1,685,384 67.82
18 Veracruz Mexico 418 697.414 59.94
19 Ciudad Guayana Venezuela 554 940.477 58.91
20 San Salvador El Salvador 1.343 2,290,790 58.63
21 New Orleans United States 199 343.829 57.88
22 Salvador (and RMS) Brazil 2.037 3,574,804 56.98
23 Cucuta Colombia 335 597.385 56.08
24 Barquisimeto Venezuela 621 1,120,718 55.41
25 San Juan Puerto Rico 225 427.789 52.60
26 Manaus Brazil 1.079 2,106,866 51.21
27 São Luís Brazil 516 1,014,837 50.85
28 Nuevo Laredo Mexico 191 389.674 49.02
29 João Pessoa Brazil 583 1,198,675 48.64
30 Detroit United States 346 713.777 48.47
31 Cuiabá Brazil 403 834.060 48.32
32 Recife Brazil 1.793 3,717,640 48.23
33 Kingston (metropolitan) Jamaica 550 1,169,808 47.02
34 Cape Town South Africa 1.614 3,497,097 46.15
35 Pereira Colombia 177 383.623 46.14
36 Macapá Brazil 225 499.116 45.08
37 Fortress Brazil 1.514 3,529,138 42.90
38 Monterrey (metropolitan area) Mexico 1.680 4,160,339 40.38
39 Curitiba Brazil 720 1,890,272 38.09
40 Goiânia Brazil 484 1,302,001 37.17
41 Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (Port Elizabeth) South Africa 381 1,050,930 36.25
42 Barranquilla Colombia 424 1,182,493 35.86
43 ST. Louis United States 113 319.294 35.39
44 Mosul Iraq 636 1,800,000 35.33
45 Belo Horizonte Brazil 1.680 4,883,721 34.40
46 Panama Panama 543 1,713,070 31.70
47 Cuernavaca (metropolitan area) Mexico 198 630.174 31.42
48 Baltimore United States 195 620.961 31.40
49 Durban South Africa 1.059 3,468,087 30.54
50 City of Johannesburg South Africa 1.186 3,888,180 30.50


For context, New York had a murder rate of 4.5 per 100.000 in 2010.

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm

It's clear that Latin America is by far the most violent region in the world, but why?

The drug trade is surely part of the answer, but there are parts of the world that are poorer and less developed than Latin America, likes most of Africa and parts of Asia, that still don't show such levels of violence, so maybe there's a cultural element at play?
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Darpa
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada4413 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-15 16:47:15
January 15 2012 16:46 GMT
#2
Crazy, Weird how some of the US cities are way up there, even though they seem to be run in the mill cities (Baltimore, St, Louis. Ect). New orleans was a big shock.
Other than those, not a whole lot of suprises.
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Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
January 15 2012 16:47 GMT
#3
most likely all the drug trade involved in south america is the reason it's so dangerous. it's also not industrialized
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
January 15 2012 16:47 GMT
#4
wow, mexico and brazil seem to be very dangerous oO
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Count9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China10928 Posts
January 15 2012 16:47 GMT
#5
YEAHHH!!! We made it! Go Saint louis!!!

I'm actually really surprised some of the smaller cities in China and south west Asia aren't on this list, they are a total mess. I guess they aren't completely doing this per capita because those cities would have ridiculously high rates.
Animism
Profile Joined June 2011
Switzerland130 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-15 16:48:48
January 15 2012 16:48 GMT
#6
I am half Jamaican, and lived in Kingston, Jamaica for 12 years of my life and i would like to mention that the vast majority of the violence in Kingston is due to political differences. Additionally, any violence that takes place tends to take place in specific areas, and tourists visiting the city are at virtually no harm, as they are unlikely to go to these places and tourists are very highly respected in the country.

If you are thinking of visiting the island, you should always keep a certain level of caution, but it is a relatively harmless place and in the 12 years that i have lived there i have experienced very little violence myself.
Tortious_Tortoise
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States944 Posts
January 15 2012 16:48 GMT
#7
It's heart breaking that the list is so skewed towards Central and South america Top 20 all south of the United States.
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TroubL
Profile Joined February 2011
Lithuania126 Posts
January 15 2012 16:48 GMT
#8
Wow, i didn't know that situation in South America is that bad. i heard about drug wars but this numbers are scary. I'm glad to live in Europe. Also condolences to all who lost their family members and friends there
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FallDownMarigold
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3710 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-15 16:53:11
January 15 2012 16:49 GMT
#9
whaaaa??? Shocked that Juarez is not #1. guess i'm not too familiar with Honduras

edit: For anyone wondering why Mexico seems to be so high, it's because they've got a war going on right now. We don't hear too much about it in the news, but it's actually quite comparable to a "real" war in terms of violence, death, and general mayhem/instability. Check out blogdelnarco.com if you want to learn more from firsthand sources
Myles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5162 Posts
January 15 2012 16:50 GMT
#10
On January 16 2012 01:46 Darpa wrote:
Crazy, Weird how some of the US cities are way up there, even though they seem to be run in the mill cities (Baltimore, St, Louis. Ect). New orleans was a big shock.
Other than those, not a whole lot of suprises.

The only one that surprised me is St. Louis. The other three are pretty well known for large amount of crime. Detroit was the murder capital of the word for a while iirc. I hadn't heard the same about St. Louis.
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Blix
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands873 Posts
January 15 2012 16:50 GMT
#11
I speculate that there are areas that are more dangerous, so dangerous they don't keep accurate statistics...
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theBlues
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
El Salvador638 Posts
January 15 2012 16:51 GMT
#12
weee top 20 ( )
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babybell
Profile Joined June 2011
776 Posts
January 15 2012 16:52 GMT
#13
Well there are some areas in Africa for which statistics cannot be gathered or are gathered but not published globally. For example, cities in the Congo would definitely make the list.
DannyJ
Profile Joined March 2010
United States5110 Posts
January 15 2012 16:52 GMT
#14
Detroit was never even close to murder capital of the world. It just had to settle for being murder capital of the US for quite a long time.
Wrongspeedy
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1655 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-15 17:30:35
January 15 2012 16:53 GMT
#15
I think this list cannot possibly be accurate, there is a lot in this world thats not ever going to be calculated and written down in the history books the way it really was. There are probably a lot of cities that deserve to be on the list but won't be.

Also those US cities are pretty notorious for having lots of gang activity (they are pretty big cities ofc).

Edit:
On January 16 2012 02:02 SkelA wrote:
Latin America = flawless victory




Its probably just because they seem to be more open about their killing sometimes (Like leaving bodies in the street). I'm not doubting there is violence in S.A. but I don't think its probably as bad as the list makes it seem -_-

Edit: I remember Yue Yue T.T
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Tschis
Profile Joined November 2010
Brazil1511 Posts
January 15 2012 16:53 GMT
#16
heyo 29!
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Arcticc
Profile Joined June 2010
United States203 Posts
January 15 2012 16:54 GMT
#17
On January 16 2012 01:50 Blix wrote:
I speculate that there are areas that are more dangerous, so dangerous they don't keep accurate statistics...


Exactly what I was thinking. There are places in Africa and Middle East that have to be more dangerous than New Orleans...
krzych113
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United Kingdom547 Posts
January 15 2012 16:54 GMT
#18
there was something sad like anxiety level, which in some countries is very high, mostly less developed countries, which would explain the case, why latin people are more aggressive, emotional, or violent.
zalz
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Netherlands3704 Posts
January 15 2012 16:56 GMT
#19
There are plenty of places that don't keep accurate statistics.

It's a bit sensational but it's certainly true that the drug wars have made some cities very dangerous.


1.143 murders
719.447 people

If the Netherlands had statistics like that then we would have nearly 30.000 murders a year.
Jathin
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3505 Posts
January 15 2012 16:57 GMT
#20
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