50 Most Dangerous Cities In The World 2021 - Brazil Is Named The Most

Hanima Anand |Feb 23, 2021

In case you are planning your holidays when the pandemic ends, make sure you refer to this list of most dangerous cities in the world 2021 to avoid these hot spots. Brazil tops most with 7 cities while South Africa follows closely with 6.

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It’s common for residents in big cities to feel unsafe sometimes due to the density of the population there. However, to evaluate whether a city is dangerous or not, we need to look at systematic rankings which have been surveyed or researched by reliable organizations. In the post below, we cite two ranking systems of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world in 2021, evaluated by crime index and murder rate.

Top 50 most dangerous cities in the world by crime index
Top 50 most dangerous cities in the world by murder rate

Caracas The Most Dangerous City In The World — Peaceful as it might seem, this is the world's most dangerous city in terms of crime index.

Top 50 most dangerous cities in the world by crime index

The following ranking is released by Numbeo, a website specialized in rating living standards worldwide. Please note that this index is updated frequently depending on the number of surveyed people. That’s why you may see different statistics on Numbeo Ranking later.

However, for the time being, these are the world’s most dangerous cities by crime rates. Their index might change slightly, but the positions almost remain the same from the beginning of the year.

Rank	City	Country	Crime Index
1	Caracas	Venezuela	84.79
2	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	82.08
3	Pretoria	South Africa	82.02
4	Durban	South Africa	80.76
5	Johannesburg	South Africa	80.59
6	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	80.04
7	Pietermaritzburg	South Africa	79.98
8	Natal	Brazil	79.21
9	Fortaleza	Brazil	78.34
10	Rio De Janeiro	Brazil	77.54
11	Recife	Brazil	76.36
12	Kabul	Afghanistan	76.06
13	Port Elizabeth	South Africa	76.02
14	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	76.01
15	Salvador	Brazil	75.93
16	Baltimore	United States	75.10
17	Porto Alegre	Brazil	74.93
18	Memphis	United States	74.25
19	Cape Town	South Africa	73.55
20	Detroit	United States	73.21
21	San Salvador	El Salvador	72.45
22	Kingston	Jamaica	70.39
23	Sao Paulo	Brazil	70.38
24	Saint Louis	United States	70.34
25	Albuquerque	United States	69.93
26	Lima	Peru	69.37
27	Mexico City	Mexico	69.33
28	Windhoek	Namibia	69.25
29	San Juan	Puerto Rico	69.00
30	Milwaukee	United States	68.55
31	Damascus	Syria	68.40
32	Klang	Malaysia	68.22
33	Tijuana	Mexico	67.94
34	Luanda	Angola	67.52
35	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	66.82
36	Guayaquil	Ecuador	66.63
37	Campinas	Brazil	66.33
38	Almaty	Kazakhstan	65.80
39	Male	Maldives	65.25
40	Puebla	Mexico	64.99
41	Dhaka	Bangladesh	64.94
42	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	64.88
43	Lagos	Nigeria	64.82
44	Chicago	United States	64.81
45	Cleveland	United States	64.67
46	Gosford	Australia	64.55
47	New Orleans	United States	64.54
48	Manila	Philippines	64.39
49	Bradford	United Kingdom	64.33
50	Tripoli	Libya	64.27

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As can be seen from the table, Caracas in Venezuela is the most dangerous city in the world in 2021 by crime index ranking. The capital of Venezuela is also the largest city of this country and stays very close to the Caribbean Sea. In the homicide rate, Caracas witnesses a shocking record of 111.2 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Durban Most Dangerous City In South Africa — Durban, South Africa is a hub for not only fun-loving tourists but also lurking criminals.

Another noticeable feature in this rank is the frequency Brazil and South Africa appear on the list. The former accounts for seven out of 50 most dangerous cities in the world while the latter contributes six. Especially, South Africa has 3 cities in top 5 of the world's most dangerous cities. They are Pretoria, Durban, and Johannesburg. Having said that, only Durban records an alarming murder rate in our second list today.

The United States is also a dangerous place for many citizens. It has 6 cities on the list, scattering from number 16 to 50, with Baltimore being the most unsafe area.

Surprisingly, such crowded and multi-cultural societies as China and India do not have any city in this dangerous ranking.

Top 50 most dangerous cities in the world by murder rate

In fact, the rank by Numbeo is collected by their own surveys worldwide. It does not specify which criteria in the crime index they rate, for example, the number or the intensity of crimes. However, the following rank by Statista Research Department published in December 2020 based on the exact murder rate per 100,000 inhabitants in these cities.

Los Cabos Most Dangerous City In The World — Don't let this luxury side of Los Cabos lure you!

Rank	City	Country	Murder Rate
1	Los Cabos	Mexico	111.3
2	Caracas	Venezuela	111.2
3	Acapulco	Mexico	107
4	Natal	Brazil	102.6
5	Tijuana	Mexico	84.8
6	La Paz	Mexico	84.8
7	Fortaleza	Brazil	83.5
8	Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	83.3
9	Ciudad Guayana	Venezuela	80.3
10	Belem	Brazil	71.4
11	Vitoria da Conquista	Brazil	70.3
12	Culiacan	Mexico	70.1
13	St. Louis	USA	65.8
14	Maceio	Brazil	63.9
15	Cape Town	South Africa	62.3
16	Kingston	Jamaica	59.7
17	San Salvador	El Salvador	59.1
18	Aracaju	Brazil	58.9
19	Feira de Santana	Brazil	58.8
20	Ciudad Juarez	Mexico	56.2
21	Baltimore	USA	55.5
22	Recife	Brazil	55
23	Maturin	Venezuela	54.4
24	Guatemala City	Guatemala	53.5
25	Salvador	Brazil	51.6
26	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	51.2
27	Valencia	Venezuela	49.7
28	Cali	Colombia	49.6
29	Chihuahua	Mexico	49.5
30	Joa Pessoa	Brazil	49.2
31	Ciudad Obregon	Mexico	49.1
32	San Juan	Puerto Rico	49
33	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	48.2
34	Manaus	Brazil	48.1
35	Distrito Central	Honduras	48
36	Tepic	Mexico	47.1
37	Palmira	Colombia	46.7
38	Reynosa	Mexico	42
39	Porto Alegre	Brazil	40.9
40	Macapa	Brazil	40.2
41	New Orleans	USA	40.1
42	Detroit	USA	39.7
43	Mazatlan	Mexico	39.3
44	Durban	South Africa	38.1
45	Campos dos Goytacazes	Brazil	37.5
46	Nelson Mandela Bay	South Africa	37.5
47	Campina Grande	Mexico	37.3
48	Teresina	Brazil	37.1
49	Vitoria	Brazil	36.1
50	Cucuta	Colombia	34.8

Not being in the crime index list but Los Cabos, Mexico records the highest homicide rate in the world. In 2020, the murder rate of this city was 138.26 per 100,000 citizens on average. This means every 100,000 people living here, more than 138 victims were killed during the year.

The report also showed most dangerous cities in the world often come from Latin America. South Africa only appears once in this list though it has up to six on the Numbeo ranking.

One more time hardly is there any Asian city named in the list of most dangerous cities in the world.

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