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.
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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.
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.
| 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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