Despite the ongoing violence plaguing the city, a new report did not name Chicago as one of its most violent cities in the world. 
 
 The rankings were published by the Mexico Citizens Council for Public Security, and Caracas was named the most violent city in the world for 2015. The Venezuelan country saw nearly 4,000 homicides with more than 300,000 inhabitants, according to the report. That breaks down to 119.87 homicides per 100,000 people. 
 
 Caracas pushed San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to second place, according to the agency. San Pedro Sula had been named the world’s most violent city for four years straight. In 2015, the city saw a “significant decline” in the number of homicides, with a total of 885 people killed. 
 
 Overall, 41 of the 50 cities on the most violent list are in Latin America, according to the report. Twenty-one of the cities were located in Brazil, the most out of any country. 
 
 Four cities in the U.S. were named on the list, St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, and New Orleans, respectively, according to the report. 
 
 The highest increase in homicides was seen in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, according to the rankings. The city had a more than 81 percent increase in homicides, with a total of 1,918 killings. 
 
 Here is the full list of the 50 most violent cities of 2015, according to the Mexico Citizens Council for Public Security: ||||| Source: Fernando Sandoval Martínez, Flickr 
 
 5. Victoria, Mexico 
 
 > Homicides per 100,000:84.67 
 
 > 2016 homicides: 293 
 
 > Population: 346,029 
 
 > Previous year rank: 46 
 
 Worsening from the 46th worst to fifth worst, Victoria is the most shocking entry on this list of violent cities. Facing the steepest increase in murder of all other cities, Victoria is a city ravaged by the drug war with a murder rate that almost tripled in a single year. 
 
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 4. Distrito Central, Honduras 
 
 > Homicides per 100,000: 85.09 
 
 > 2016 homicides: 1,027 
 
 > Population: 1,206,897 
 
 > Previous year rank: 6 
 
 While homicides have increased since last year, expect the capital of Honduras to be shaken up again. Wilter Ruiz, one of Honduras’ most notorious drug kingpins, has agreed to cooperate with U.S authorities to potentially implicate high-ranking members of the security forces — or possibly a member of President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s family. 
 
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 3. San Pedro Sula, Honduras 
 
 > Homicides per 100,000: 112.09 
 
 > 2016 homicides: 845 
 
 > Population: 753,864 
 
 > Previous year rank: 2 
 
 Honduras’s highest ranked city on the list with a homicide rate of over 100 per 100,000 people, San Pedro Sula has yet to see a change in the right direction. This may be in part due to the country’s role as a transit nation for the transnational drug trade. The city has also struggled with large unemployment and skyrocketing poverty since the 2009 Honduran military coup. 
 
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 2. Acapulco, Mexico 
 
 > Homicides per 100,000:113.24 
 
 > 2016 homicides: 918 
 
 > Population: 810,669 
 
 > Previous year rank: 4 
 
 Mexico’s most violent city and the second most dangerous place in the world is the coastal tourist destination of Acapulco. President Enrique Nieto said that 42% of all homicides were concentrated in just 2% of all municipalities and were rooted in organized crime. This prompted the government to launch a security strategy in its 50 most violent cities, but as the data shows, the violence has only got worse. 
 
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 1. Caracas, Venezuela 
 
 > Homicides per 100,000: 130.35 
 
 > 2016 homicides: 4,308 
 
 > Population: 3,305,204 
 
 > Previous year rank: 1 
 
 The perennial homicide capital of the world, Caracas tops the list because of its mobile street gangs and organized crime groups. Caracas is notorious for its high-profile violent crimes committed in neighborhoods across the city, at all hours. And with widespread political and economic unrest, the possibility for any change seems like a major uphill battle.
– Caracas, Venezuela, has the unwanted distinction of being the most dangerous city in the world in a new survey. The report by 24/7 Wall St takes a look at global homicide rates and finds that the city's mix of gang warfare and political unrest puts it at the top of the list. Here are the 10 worst: Caracas, Venezuela; homicides per 100,000: 130.35 Acapulco, Mexico; 113.24 San Pedro Sula, Honduras; 112.09 Distrito Central, Honduras; 85.09 Victoria, Mexico; 84.67 Maturín, Venezuela; 84.21 San Salvador, El Salvador; 83.39 Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela; 82.84 Valencia, Venezuela; 72.02 Natal, Brazil; 69.56 Click for the full rankings, which put the first US city, St. Louis, at No. 14.