In 2022, the Mexican city of Colima was the most deadly city in the world, with a murder rate of 181.94 per 100,000 inhabitants. The 9 cities with over 250,000 habitants and the highest homicide rates were all located in Mexico.
Cities with the highest homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)
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Other statistics that may interest you Homicide in South America
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: homicide rate 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: homicide rates 2022, by city
- Basic Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: intentional homicide rate 2021, by country
- Basic Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: homicides number 2022, by city
- Basic Statistic Latin America & Caribbean: number of homicide victims 2021
Homicide rates
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- Basic Statistic Venezuela: homicide rate 2014-2022
- Basic Statistic Colombia: homicide rate 2014-2022
- Basic Statistic Brazil: homicide rate 2012-2022
- Basic Statistic Uruguay: homicide rate 2014-2022
- Basic Statistic Peru: homicide rate 2013-2021
- Basic Statistic Ecuador: homicide rate 2014-2022
- Basic Statistic Argentina: homicide rate 2013-2021
- Basic Statistic Chile: homicide rate 2014-2022
Number of homicides
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- Basic Statistic Brazil: number of homicides 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic Colombia: number of homicides 2008-2021
- Basic Statistic Peru: number of homicides 2011-2020
- Basic Statistic Argentina: number of homicides 2010-2021
- Basic Statistic Ecuador: number of homicides 2010-2021
- Basic Statistic Chile: number of homicides 2010-2021
- Basic Statistic Bolivia: number of homicides 2015-2021
- Basic Statistic Paraguay: number of homicides 2010-2021
Regions & cities
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- Premium Statistic Brazil: homicide rate 2022, by city
- Premium Statistic Brazil: number of homicides 2007-2019, by region
- Premium Statistic Brazil: number of homicides 2019, by state
- Premium Statistic Venezuela: homicide rate 2020, by city
- Basic Statistic Number of homicides in Colombia 2022, by region
- Basic Statistic Colombia: share of homicides 2021, by area
Further related statistics
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- Mexico: homicide rate 2022, by city
- Cuba: homicide rate 2007-2016
- Venezuela: number of homicides 2020, by selected city
- Brazil: homicides number 2022, by selected city
- Saint Vincent & Grenadines: homicide rate 2000-2016
- Mexico: number of murders in 2022, by state
- Caribbean: number of murder victims 2019, by select cities
- Caribbean: murder rate 2022, by select cities
- Grenada: homicide rate 2010-2020
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- Gang-related homicides in Canada 2021, by province or territory
- Gang-related homicides in Canada, by metropolitan areas 2018
- Number of solved homicides in Canada 2021, by accused-victim relationship
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- Mexico: number of murders in 2022, by state
- Caribbean: number of murder victims 2019, by select cities
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Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. (March 7, 2023). Cities with the highest homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/971162/homicide-rates-latin-america-caribbean-city/
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. "Cities with the highest homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)." Chart. March 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971162/homicide-rates-latin-america-caribbean-city/
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. (2023). Cities with the highest homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971162/homicide-rates-latin-america-caribbean-city/
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. "Cities with The Highest Homicide Rates in Latin America and The Caribbean in 2022 (in Number of Homicides per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/971162/homicide-rates-latin-america-caribbean-city/
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal, Cities with the highest homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/971162/homicide-rates-latin-america-caribbean-city/ (last visited December 04, 2023)
Cities with the highest homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal, March 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/971162/homicide-rates-latin-america-caribbean-city/