In 2020, the capital city Caracas ranked third in the ranking of most violent Venezuelan metropolises, with a murder rate of nearly 53 per 100,000 inhabitants. The list was headed by Cumaná with a homicide rate of 62.42.
Cities with the highest homicide rates in Venezuela in 2020
(in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)
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Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. (April 20, 2021). Cities with the highest homicide rates in Venezuela in 2020 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/984465/homicide-rates-venezuela-by-city/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. "Cities with the highest homicide rates in Venezuela in 2020 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)." Chart. April 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984465/homicide-rates-venezuela-by-city/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. (2021). Cities with the highest homicide rates in Venezuela in 2020 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984465/homicide-rates-venezuela-by-city/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal. "Cities with The Highest Homicide Rates in Venezuela in 2020 (in Number of Homicides per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984465/homicide-rates-venezuela-by-city/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal, Cities with the highest homicide rates in Venezuela in 2020 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984465/homicide-rates-venezuela-by-city/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 23, 2025)
Cities with the highest homicide rates in Venezuela in 2020 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal, April 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/984465/homicide-rates-venezuela-by-city/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
