The most violent cities by continent

Some cities are more dangerous than others, that’s a fact - but which cities have the highest murder rate in the world?
If you are relatively unlikely to be murdered in London where the homicide rate is at 1.3 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2011, the figures for Latin America are slightly scarier. According to data from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the murder rate in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, reached 102.2 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2011, making it the most violent city in the world. Its residents are nearly 150 times as likely to be murdered as those of Auckland.
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This graphic shows the homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants in selected cities in 2011.

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Cities with the highest homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)
Ranking of the most dangerous cities in the world in 2025, by crime rate per 100,000 inhabitants
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Ranking of the most dangerous countries in the world in 2025, by murder rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
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Cities with the highest homicide rates in Brazil in 2025 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)
Global homicide rate in 2010, by region
Homicide rates in selected Latin American and Caribbean countries in 2025 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)

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