In the world there are many places that you can visit only carefully prepared for this. Among the thousands of cities there are those in which it is better not to come at all. Those who wish to spend their holidays without extreme, should avoid the city from the list below.
Top 10 most dangerous cities in the world
The list of the ten most dangerous cities in the world includes places where it is not safe to be not only at night, but also during the day.
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
This city in Honduras has a reputation for developing at a fast pace. There are quite decent areas here, but most of the streets of San Pedro Sula threaten tourists with mortal danger. The main risk is borne by the locals themselves. Drug traffickers feel comfortable here, and murders are estimated in thousands per year.
New Orleans, USA
Unlike the previous city, in New Orleans the main danger stems from natural disasters. After hurricanes, corpses of people can lie on the streets. Also in difficult situations, acts of looting, accompanied by fights and murders, reach their peak.For the most part this is due to the low social development of the population.
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
This place is an important transportation hub and border town. At the same time in 2009 this very city became the first in the ranking of the most criminogenic cities in the world. The local police are constantly combing the city, so there is a tense atmosphere of martial law or curfew.
Cali, Colombia
Despite the growth of the economy due to the oil trade, the drug trade is flourishing. Accordingly, other crimes are blooming: murder, theft, corruption, racketeering. Traffic of prohibited substances is calculated in tons, but civil services are not making efforts to combat the situation.
Caracas, Venezuela
The capital of Venezuela looks like an all-consuming market for cheap low-quality Chinese-made goods. Local children have fun, scaring crowds of tourists with pitards and watching the reaction of passersby. There are a lot of pocket thieves and other small criminal elements.
San Salvador, Salvador
Surprisingly, one of the most popular tourist destinations on the world map is also one of the most dangerous cities on Earth. Here runs the most numerous criminal group Mara, whose sources are rumored to be in the government of the country. This fact makes all sorts of attempts to combat crime useless.
Guatemala, Guatemala
In this city every day at the hands of criminals killed about 5 people. Also here, a popular business is pulling out of the hands of tourists handbags, cameras, cameras and other expensive belongings. The ubiquitous police can not fix the situation.
Cape Town, South Africa
Despite the external beauty of the city, the presence of slums in it leaves an imprint on the overall atmosphere. Inattentive tourists may not only be left without values here, but may not return at all. What only is the fact that the local police do not keep statistics on rape, as they consider it an ordinary matter. The number of people infected with AIDS is terrifying.
Detroit, United States
Most of Detroit is in ruins and traces of fire. The birth rate is low here, and the bulk of the population are black. Local residents are forced to steal, because work is not for everyone. Local industry has outlived its usefulness. On Halloween night, there is a wild tradition to burn houses and destroy buildings.
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Beautiful views are not able to compensate for the low standard of living of the local population. Crime statistics is amazing: robbery, murder. High mortality and unemployment is a constant phenomenon.
The most dangerous city in Russia
Although there is no Russian city in the list of the most dangerous cities in the world, our Homeland can also compete with foreign cities in the worst manifestations. Analyzing the level of safety of living in the cities of Russia, a group of specialists made a rating and rated cities on a scale from 1 to 10, where 10 is the safest level.
The list of the most dangerous for living and visiting cities is as follows:
- Volgograd - 5.7;
- Shakhty (Rostov region) - 5.8;
- Astrakhan - 6.0;
- Novokuznetsk - 6.0;
- Omsk - 6.1;
- Chita - 6.1;
- Saratov - 6.1;
- Nizhny Tagil (Sverdlovsk region) - 6.1;
- Balashikha (Moscow region) - 6.1;
- Perm - 6.2.
The list of the safest places included: Grozny, Nizhnevartovsk, Saransk, Sochi, Murmansk.
The most dangerous cities in the United States
The United States also has its own rating of dangerous cities. Indianapolis, Indiana does not please tourists and residents with crime rates. For example, per 100,000 people per year accounts for about 1,250 violent crimes and 16 murders. There is also a high rate of rape, robbery and aggravated assault.
Stockton in California demonstrates terrible statistics. There are 1,331 violent crimes per 100,000 people per year. Although this city did not make it to the top ten most dangerous, the rise in crime rates is steadily increasing from year to year.
Also in the list of most dangerous cities by the criterion of crime:
- Cleveland, Ohio;
- Baltimore, Maryland;
- Milwaukee, WI;
- Birmingham, Alabama;
- St. Louis, MO;
- Oakland, California;
- Memphis, Tennessee.
The most dangerous cities in Europe
Among the most dangerous cities in Europe, Kiev holds the first place. This is largely due to the uncontrolled protests and the war in the Donbas. Next on the list is Serbian Belgrade. Here corruption is rampant, which pulls the city to the top and other crimes.
Amazing Greek Athens, too, fell into this unpleasant rating. The high level of poverty and the stagnation of the economy stimulate the deterioration of the crime situation. As a result, protests regularly take place in the city, which are not always peaceful.
In Bulgarian Sofia, the social debate also created an unfavorable situation. The result was dissatisfaction of the population, which sometimes displays it very aggressively.
Also on the list of troubled European cities were:
- Budapest;
- Madrid;
- Rome;
- Riga;
- Zagreb;
- Bucharest;
- London;
- Paris.
In Europe, the insecurity of staying in these cities is connected with the growth of the terrorist threat and all sorts of manifestations of discontent expressed by the population in not always peaceful ways.
