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 14. Cape Town, South Africa 
 
 > Homicides per 100,000: 60.8 
 
 > 2016 homicides: 2,434 
 
 > Population: 4,005,000 
 
 > Previous yr. rank 9 
 
 Escaping last year’s ranking among the 10 most dangerous cities, the murder rate in the South African coastal city of Cape Town decreased by more than 7%. Source: Fernando Sandoval Martínez, Flickr 
 
 5. 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. Belém, Brazil 
 
 > Homicides per 100,000: 67.4 
 
 > 2016 homicides: 1,633 
 
 > Population: 2,422,481 
 
 > Previous yr. rank 26 
 
 Another Brazilian city with a drastic increase in homicide is the state of Para’s capital, Belem, where murder rose by nearly 50% between 2015 and 2016.
– 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.