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The 50 Most Dangerous Cities In The World
Earlier, this year, a Mexican think tank — the Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice — released a study ranking the world's most violent cities in 2011, and the results were astonishing.
The 20 most violent cities were all in Latin America.
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The USA had some alarming scores too, led by New Orleans at 21.
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Other dangerous cities were located in Africa. None of the top 50 were in Europe and only one was in Asia, despite great unrest in those regions.
The ranking is based on murder rate per capita in 2011.
Homicides: 1,186
Inhabitants: 3,888,180
Murder rate: 30.50
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,186
Inhabitants: 3,888,180
Murder rate: 30.54
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 195
Inhabitants: 620,961
Murder rate: 31.40
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 198
Inhabitants: 630,174
Murder rate: 31.42
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 543
Inhabitants: 1,713,070
Murder rate: 31.70
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,680
Inhabitants: 4,883,721
Murder rate: 34.40
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 636
Inhabitants: 1,800,000
Murder rate: 35.33
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 113
Inhabitants: 319,294
Murder rate: 35.39
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 424
Inhabitants: 1,182,493
Murder rate: 35.86
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 381
Inhabitants: 1,050,930
Murder rate: 36.25
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 484
Inhabitants: 1,302,001
Murder rate: 37.17
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 720
Inhabitants: 1,890,272
Murder rate: 38.09
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,680
Inhabitants: 4,160,339
Murder rate: 40.38
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,514
Inhabitants: 3,529,138
Murder rate: 42.90
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 225
Inhabitants: 499,116
Murder rate: 45.08
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 177
Inhabitants: 383,623
Murder rate: 46.14
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,614
Inhabitants: 3,497,097
Murder rate: 46.15
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 550
Inhabitants: 1,169,808
Murder rate: 47.02
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,793
Inhabitants: 3,717,640
Murder rate: 48.23
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,793
Inhabitants: 3,717,640
Murder rate: 48.32
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 346
Inhabitants: 713,777
Murder rate: 48.47
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 583
Inhabitants: 1,198,675
Murder rate: 48.64
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 191
Inhabitants: 389,674
Murder rate: 49.02
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 516
Inhabitants: 1,014,837
Murder rate: 50.85
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,079
Inhabitants: 2,106,866
Murder rate: 51.21
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 225
Inhabitants: 427,789
Murder rate: 52.60
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 621
Inhabitants: 1,120,718
Murder rate: 55.41
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 335
Inhabitants: 597,385
Murder rate: 56.08
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 2,037
Inhabitants: 3,574,804
Murder rate: 56.98
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 199
Inhabitants: 343,829
Murder rate: 57.88
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,343
Inhabitants: 2,290,790
Murder rate: 58.63
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 554
Inhabitants: 940,477
Murder rate: 58.91
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 418
Inhabitants: 697,414
Murder rate: 59.94
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,143
Inhabitants: 1,685,384
Murder rate: 67.82
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 299
Inhabitants: 439,362
Murder rate: 68.05
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 307
Inhabitants: 445,343
Murder rate: 68.94
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,624
Inhabitants: 2,309,446
Murder rate: 70.32
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 649
Inhabitants: 871,620
Murder rate: 74.46
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 2,248
Inhabitants: 3,014,060
Murder rate: 74.58
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,720
Inhabitants: 2,207,994
Murder rate: 77.90
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,639
Inhabitants: 2,100,319
Murder rate: 78.04
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 474
Inhabitants: 593,389
Murder rate: 79.88
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 690
Inhabitants: 831,693
Murder rate: 82.96
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 990
Inhabitants: 1,128,152
Murder rate: 87.75
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 3,164
Inhabitants: 3,205,463
Murder rate: 98.71
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,123
Inhabitants: 1,126,534
Murder rate: 99.69
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,029
Inhabitants: 804,412
Murder rate: 127.92
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,564
Inhabitants: 1,156,278
Murder rate: 135.26
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,974
Inhabitants: 1,335,890
Murder rate: 147.77
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
Homicides: 1,143
Inhabitants: 719,447
Murder rate: 158.87
Source: The Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice
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