It is essential to distinguish between cities with the highest per capita murder rates and those with the highest total homicides. For instance, Chicago recorded 617 homicides in 2023, the highest total in the nation. However, due to its much larger population, Chicago's per capita homicide rat...
In 2024, Colima in Mexico ranked as the world's most dangerous city with a homicide rate of 140 per 100,000 inhabitants. Seven of the 10 cities with the highest murder rates worldwide are all found in Mexico. The list does not include countries where war and conflict exist. Latin Am...
Here are murder rates in 65 major U.S. cities (cities with greater than 100,000 residents) for 2019. These rates are calculated using the latest statistics available — theFBI's 2019 Crime in the United States data, as well as data culled directly from city police officials and the U.S...
“Murder plummeted in the United States in 2023, likely at one of the fastest rates of decline ever recorded. What’s more, every type ofUniform Crime Report Part I crimewith the exception of auto theft is likely down a considerable amount this year relative to last year according to newly...
However, it’s not only the economic and political spheres that are troubling in Brazil. The country also has the dubious distinction of being the world center for homicides. Today’s chart, from The Economist, shows the 50 most murderous cities in the world – and Brazil is home to a mi...
The increase in violent crime in central areas up to 1991 (Curci, Masera, 2023) also contributed to this exodus. However, from the 2000s onwards, this trend has slowed down and even reversed in many large US cities (Boustan, 2019), with rapid growth in the young and college-educated ...