Out of the world's 50 most violent cities, 38 are from Latin
America including 17 in Mexico. There is a release of findings on the homicide
rate in cities with populations over 300,000 around the world every year by The
Mexico Citizens Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice. The infographic
used here takes data from these findings and shows the world's top 10 most
violent cities. Mexican city Colima ranks at the first place and New Orleans in
the U.S. state of Louisiana ranks at eighth position. The capital of Venezuela,
Caracas, had ranked first in previous editions, but due to the situation in the
country, no current data is available. The majority of the violence in Latin
America can be attributed to drug trafficking, gang warfare and political
instability.
Another country that has the impression of being among the top 50 is Brazil at ten cities, the highest ranked being Mossoró in the country's North in the 11th spot. Also highlighted on the list often are Colombia (six cities starting from Cali in rank 32) and South Africa (four cities, including Cape Town and two more ranked in the top 20). The continental United States racks up seven mentions in total. Other than New Orleans, Baltimore (rank 17), Detroit (rank 23), Memphis (rank 25), Cleveland (rank 27), Milwaukee (rank 39) and Philadelphia (rank 46) make the list. San Juan in Puerto Rico can be found in rank 41.
Infographic by: statista
