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World's Least Safe Cities 2026

2026'S global safety rankings put Caracas, Venezuela at the very top of the least safe list. Right behind it is Johannesburg, South Africa in second place, with Durban, South Africa taking third. Memphis, TN, USA comes in fourth, followed by Salvador, Brazil at fifth. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago rounds out the sixth spot, while Fortaleza, Brazil holds seventh. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil sits at eighth, and Recife, Brazil is ninth. Guayaquil, Ecuador makes the cut at tenth, and Cape Town, South Africa is eleventh. Detroit, MI, USA lands twelfth, Cali, Colombia is thirteenth, and Baltimore, MD, USA is fourteenth. Tijuana, Mexico takes fifteenth, Albuquerque, NM, USA is sixteenth, and Porto Alegre, Brazil is seventeenth. Lima, Peru is eighteenth, Saint Louis, MO, USA is nineteenth, and Sao Paulo, Brazil closes out the list at twentieth. This breakdown relies on data from the Numbeo Crime and Safety Index.

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World's Least Safe Cities 2026

2026'S global safety rankings put Caracas, Venezuela at the very top of the least safe list. Right behind it is Johannesburg, South Africa in second place, with Durban, South Africa taking third. Memphis, TN, USA comes in fourth, followed by Salvador, Brazil at fifth. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago rounds out the sixth spot, while Fortaleza, Brazil holds seventh. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil sits at eighth, and Recife, Brazil is ninth. Guayaquil, Ecuador makes the cut at tenth, and Cape Town, South Africa is eleventh. Detroit, MI, USA lands twelfth, Cali, Colombia is thirteenth, and Baltimore, MD, USA is fourteenth. Tijuana, Mexico takes fifteenth, Albuquerque, NM, USA is sixteenth, and Porto Alegre, Brazil is seventeenth. Lima, Peru is eighteenth, Saint Louis, MO, USA is nineteenth, and Sao Paulo, Brazil closes out the list at twentieth. This breakdown relies on data from the Numbeo Crime and Safety Index.

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