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The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people. [1] This is based on 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City. [2]
The class of violent deaths documented in this article is intentional killing of others outside of war. Deaths occurring during situations of civil unrest are a grey area. Map of countries by their intentional homicide rate per 100,000 people. Source (labeled on map): United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. [14]
Conversely, some cities are also considered to be significantly smaller than their official metro area(s) designations. Because of this and the continual growth of most cities that might not immediately be captured, the widest neutrally-sourced boundaries for each city are used. This includes the crossing of international borders.
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Of the 50 cities on the list, 41 are within Latin America and 21 of those cities are located in Brazil.
A new place earned the regrettable distinction of No. 1, replacing San Pedro Sula, which fell to No. 2 after four years in the top spot.
Intentional homicide is defined by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its Global Study on Homicide report [3] thus: . Within the broad range of violent deaths, the core element of intentional homicide is the complete liability of the direct perpetrator, which thus excludes killings directly related to war or conflicts, self-inflicted death (suicide), killings due to legal ...
Homicide rates (from firearms) per 100,000 people by country. [1]This is a list of countries by firearm-related homicide rate per 100,000 population by year . Homicide figures may include justifiable homicides along with criminal homicides, depending upon jurisdiction and reporting standards.