most unsafe cities in the world
Four US cities have a place among the top 50 most dangerous cities in the world (on the basis of murder per capita statistics). St. Louis ranks 15th with a murder rate of 59.23 per 100,000 inhabitants a rise from 2015's rate of 49.93, making it the most dangerous location in the country by far.
For the second year in a row, the city of San Pedro Sula had the worldâs highest murder rate, surpassing Mexicoâs Ciudad JuÃ¡rez. It topped the list of most dangerous cities in the world a second time with a rate of 169 intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants â an average of more than 3 murders a day.
Brazil has a whopping 14 of the worldâs most violent cities. MaceiÃ³ is the capital of the Alagoas state and sees around 135 murders per 100,000 residents each year. The city is by far the most dangerous in the country, topping even Rio de Janeiro, which most people know for its favelas, or slums.