When booking a holiday, the first question that comes to mind is usually “is it a safe city?”. To help you out we’ve created a definitive list of the 15 most dangerous cities in the world. This list has been created using statistics linked to the number of homicides (murders) per 100,000 people in a certain city. Feel free to visit these places at your discretion, but don’t say that we didn’t warn you when things go wrong!
15. Cape Town, South Africa
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Since the end of Apartheid, South Africa is now being seen in a much more positive light. There is no denying though that there is still a real issue in terms of racial tension within the country itself. Cape Town, on the South West Coast of South Africa, had a huge population of 4,004,793 in 2017. A staggering 2,493 murders were recorded in this year. This means that for every 100,000 people in this area, just over 60 of them will be murdered.
14. Maceió, Brazil
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This is not Brazil’s only entry in this list. Maceio is a large city situated in the coastal state of Alagoas. Even though it is has a university within the city, the amount of homicides in the area is shocking. In 2017 for every 100,000-people living in this city, 63 of them will be killed.