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Kingston, Jamaica Ranked 16th Most Violent City in the World
Kingston, Jamaica has been ranked as the 16th Most Violent City in the World based on crime data from 2017, analyzed by the Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice. The Council annually ranks the 50 most dangerous cities globally based on homicides per inhabitants.
Last year, Kingston had 705 murders according to the Citizen Council; that is a rate of 59.7 per every 100 thousand inhabitants. The city is home to an estimated 700,000.
Jamaica has seen over 210 murders already for 2018.
The 10th annual ranking was released this week and measures murder rates in cities with more than 300,000 people. Los Cabos, Mexico was listed as the most dangerous city globally.
Here is the list of the 50 most dangerous cities of the world:
1. Los Cabos, Mexico
2. Caracas, Venezuela
3. Acapulco, Mexico
4. Natal, Brazil
5. Tijuana, Mexico
6. La Paz, Mexico
7. Fortaleza, Brazil
8. Victoria, Mexico
9. Guayana, Brazil
10. Belém, Brazil
11. Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
12. Culiacán, Mexico
13. St Louis, United States
14. Maceió, Brazil
15. Cape Town, South Africa
16. Kingston, Jamaica
17. San Salvador, El Salvador
18. Aracaju, Brazil
19. Feira de Santana, Brazil
20. Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
21. Baltimore, United States
22. Recife, Brazil
23. Maturín, Venezuela
24. Guatemala, Guatemala
25. Salvador, Brazil
26. San Pedro Sula, Honduras
27. Valencia, Venezuela
28. Cali, Colombia
29. Chihuahua, Mexico
30. João Pessoa, Brazil
31. Obregón, Mexico
32. San Juan, Puerto Rico
33. Barquisimeto, Venezuela
34. Manaus, Brazil
35. Distrito Central, Honduras
36. Tepic, Mexico
37. Palmira, Colombia
38. Reynosa, Mexico
39. Porto Alegre, Brazil
40. Macapá, Brazil
41. New Orleans, United States
42. Detroit, United States
43. Mazatlán, Mexico
44. Durban, South Africa
45. Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil
46. Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa
47. Campina Grande, Brazil
48. Teresina, Brazil
49. Vitória, Brazil
50. Cúcuta, Colombia