This article contains A-Z tables of the incidence of intentional homicide in multi-municipal metropolitan areas and standalone municipalities with a predominantly urbanized population. It does not take into consideration capricious political divisions widely used in the media to represent a city, such as city proper or suburban municipalities. The urban population for each entry is required to be at least 100,000.
Some cities are considered to be larger than the official metropolitan area or municipality determined by a country's respective government. Conversely, some cities are also considered to be significantly smaller than their official metro area(s) designations. Because of this and the continual growth of most cities that might not immediately be captured, the widest neutrally-sourced boundaries for each city are used. This includes the crossing of international borders.
1980s by count
No. City Flag 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989Baltimore898897294356490Belo Horizonte450335321297314267293318324411Bogotá609Brasília461Cali225388381327459859Chicago877743Curitiba12999158175175176151179234301Fortaleza352364340417412400368302345463Goiânia127138117104775677134267299Houston799879731638620546464566578Los Angeles1,7311,5001,4161,3481,3011,3261,4091,4121,3461,587Maceió449Manaus129123139118170153131167186283Manila4564944364925537487641,1231,1151,183Medellín7159208518181,0621,609Miami748818732583629578585593615Philadelphia502Porto Alegre161210236202151175229256433704Recife6387457478891,0251,1661,1701,2341,1831,448Rio de Janeiro2,6852,1721,8761,5162,0232,0771,9033,2392,3883,514Salvador35391764513714276174296481Santos130143172264264264302225256321São Paulo2,4613,0262,9334,3515,3785,3625,5506,2045,8257,140Vitória11616218617316622219325535052125Washington326350334298285243298367547640
1980s by rate per 100,000 1-25MetropoleDivisionCountrySources19801981198219831984198519861987198819891BelémParáBrazil141513171514161518202BrasíliaBrazil151515151520202020203CaliValle del CaucaColombia2733343337574CuritibaParanáBrazil961011101081012155DallasTexasUnited States176DetroitMichiganUnited States187FortalezaCearáBrazil212119232120181416208GoiâniaGoiásBrazil151613118671224269HoustonTexasUnited States181710KingstonJamaica48373635373611Los AngelesCaliforniaUnited States1812MaceióAlagoasBrazil2828282828404040404013MedellínAntioquiaColombia435758594610914MiamiFloridaUnited States202215New OrleansLouisianaUnited States2516New York CityNew YorkUnited States2317PetrolinaBrazil1313131313212121212118Porto AlegreRio Grande do SulBrazil78985689142319RecifePernambucoBrazil2731303540444445435120Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil3024204250555959688021SalvadorBahiaBrazil22926737122022SantosSão PauloBrazil1818181818222222222223São PauloSão PauloBrazil2024223339393943404824VitóriaEspírito SantoBrazil1818181818262626262625WashingtonUnited States1517
1990s by count 1-25MetropoleDivisionCountrySources19901991199219931994199519961997199819991Belo HorizonteMinas GeraisBrazil3964754414744245886247278708992BogotáDistrito CapitalColombia 2,2582,6983,2314,3783,6643,3853,2962,8102,4832,4093BrasíliaBrazil5936805917177278028438278358444CaliValle del CaucaColombia2,4982,2672,1871,7941,8712,1815CampinasSão PauloBrazil265298355423451529136048269776CúcutaNorte de SantanderColombia7477CuritibaParanáBrazil3262843013643864344816115546588DetroitMichiganUnited States5645175565145019East LondonEastern CapeSouth Africa49461375366364367510East RandGautengSouth Africa1,3469851,0881,0771,1161,13011FortalezaCearáBrazil37442637647543864458965749365812Los AngelesCaliforniaUnited States1,7681,8561,9191,9441,6691,6821,4011,17595989113MedellínAntioquiaColombia5,2845,2855,2574,4784,0834,28814Mexico CityMexico4,7244,5624,6084,5684,3654,1164,0613,6923,6123,19615New York CityNew YorkUnited States2,2451,2201,03080366269316PereiraRisaraldaColombia64717Porto AlegreRio Grande do SulBrazil80780176152668674481088681282018PretoriaGautengSouth Africa48350248352754954219RecifePernambucoBrazil1,6021,5521,3921,4821,3901,4871,6432,2402,7882,56820Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil6,0444,2543,6204,3195,2637,0476,8536,8756,4646,08621San Pedro SulaCortésHonduras57274176189622SantosSão PauloBrazil321346327328342393963370581123São PauloSão PauloBrazil7,4197,5206,9126,8877,5358,9039,2479,20210,12211,49924VereenigingGautengSouth Africa57969074167372160525VitóriaEspírito SantoBrazil5355955137478398278551,1031,2731,171
1990s by rate per 100,000 1-25MetropoleDivisionCountrySources19901991199219931994199519961997199819991ApartadóAntioquiaColombia2182BarrancabermejaSantanderColombia151333BuenaventuraValle del CaucaColombia242424454545461194BugaValle del CaucaColombia67676794949482855CaliValle del CaucaColombia7474741061061068182946Cape TownWestern CapeSouth Africa6675737379707CartagoValle del CaucaColombia393939747474731608CúcutaNorte de SantanderColombia979DurbanKwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa8210FusagasugáCundinamarcaColombia9711KingstonJamaica4846565468496088867712La DoradaCaldasColombia6513MaicaoLa GuajiraColombia7514MedellínAntioquiaColombia26432528419619219218816014114515OcañaNorte de SantanderColombia6248594686406561629116PalmiraValle del CaucaColombia313131474747426817PereiraRisaraldaColombia10218PopayánCaucaColombia8519RecifePernambucoBrazil5653474946485372888020RiohachaLa GuajiraColombia6321Santa MartaMagdalenaColombia6322São PauloSão PauloBrazil4949444347545655596623TuluáValle del CaucaColombia434343565656539324VillavicencioMetaColombia6025VitóriaEspírito SantoBrazil62696768859687
2000s by count 1-25MetropoleDivisionCountrySources20002001200220032004200520062007200820091BelémParáBrazil3393984915585848378348031,1661,1502Belo HorizonteMinas GeraisBrazil1,2541,4131,7882,3862,7532,4742,3062,2252,0181,8223BogotáDistrito CapitalColombia2,2642,0521,8981,6051,5711,6691,3721,3511,3411,3274BrasíliaBrazil1,0421,0541,0451,1851,1781,1391,1551,1951,4031,5015CaliValle del CaucaColombia2,2492,2992,3152,3282,4021,7741,7266Cape TownWestern CapeSouth Africa2,4202,4212,1661,8232,0462,2227Ciudad JuárezChihuahuaMexico2472552832081972232281921,5802,3868CuritibaParanáBrazil6947678321,0371,1531,3131,3811,3291,6551,8809DurbanKwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa2,1002,1752,0711,9051,8741,98110FortalezaCearáBrazil7817598588498759921,0901,2671,2321,23311JohannesburgGautengSouth Africa2,2742,2852,0241,5471,4411,69712KarachiSindhPakistan7348411,14213KingstonJamaica1,01493614MaceióAlagoasBrazil3895355905956357031,0111,0621,1411,01215ManausAmazonasBrazil49040342147943651458360470479716MedellínAntioquiaColombia4,2964,6104,6972,6791,5171,16117Mexico CityMexico2,9542,9262,9042,9092,6832,8962,5662,0862,54818New York CityUnited States71067262296793192997884085577819Porto AlegreRio Grande do SulBrazil1,0021,0061,0781,0951,1381,1511,1031,3641,4851,31920RecifePernambucoBrazil2,5722,8682,5102,6662,5912,6322,6662,6802,4452,21621Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil6,0746,0817,0126,6156,1815,6105,7734,8554,0403,70322SalvadorBahiaBrazil3585996899439701,3721,5761,7872,3852,48123San Pedro SulaCortésHonduras96924São PauloSão PauloBrazil11,32111,2149,8559,5177,3785,6135,0283,8123,6253,53525VitóriaEspírito SantoBrazil1,0591,0741,2161,2001,2411,1641,2911,3291,3341,324
2000s by rate per 100,000 1-25MetropoleDivisionCountrySources20002001200220032004200520062007200820091Angra dos ReisRio de JaneiroBrazil48582ArapiracaAlagoasBrazil12267933BarrancabermejaSantanderColombia24319270565364403649614Belo HorizonteMinas GeraisBrazil2932395259514644405BuenaventuraValle del CaucaColombia16514811598951051459162416BugaValle del CaucaColombia841371048010765758988637Cabo FrioRio de JaneiroBrazil4254718CaliValle del CaucaColombia949493929167649Cape TownWestern CapeSouth Africa797875665560626410CartagoValle del CaucaColombia14614316011212711376971077311CaruaruPernambucoBrazil68537012CúcutaNorte de SantanderColombia101615965735513DurbanKwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa63656155545614GaranhunsPernambucoBrazil716415Governador ValadaresMinas GeraisBrazil435616IlhéusBahiaBrazil476117ItabunaBahiaBrazil54669818JohannesburgGautengSouth Africa5219KingstonJamaica709320La CeibaAtlántidaHonduras15012221MacaéRio de JaneiroBrazil86756022MarabáParáBrazil789112523Teófilo OtoniMinas GeraisBrazil345224TuluáValle del CaucaColombia1311141047925VitóriaEspírito SantoBrazil747381788072787880
2010s by rate