The 50 most dangerous cities in the world as one country alone is home to 15 of them
There were no European cities in the top 50, but a handful from the USA made it to the list.
At around this time of year, many Britons will be planning where to go on holiday this summer.
While some may choose to base themselves in a seaside town or beach resort, others may prefer a city break.
However, not all cities and not all countries are safe to visit. According to El Pais, one country has 15 of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world.
Mexico has five of the top six most dangerous cities on the World Population Review’s list. Ten other Mexican cities also made the list.
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The list is made up of cities from around the world and the ranking was created based on the number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
Tijuana tops the rankings with 138 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants just ahead of Acapulco which has 111.
The highest-ranked non-Mexican city on the list is Caracas, Venezuela which has 100 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
The most dangerous city outside of north, south, or Central America was Cape Town, South Africa, with around 66 homicides. This was just ahead of St Louis in the USA which experienced 61 homicides.
On whether someone should travel to Tijuana, the UK Government said: “FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the city of Tijuana.”
They said the exceptions were “airside transit through Tijuana airport, the Cross Border Xpress bridge from the airport linking terminals across the Mexican-US border [and]the federal toll road 1D and Via Rápida through Tijuana to the border”.
Travel experts Lonely Planet claim that while “there’s plenty of violent crime…in reality tourists are rarely a target”.
They wrote that the city has a “vibrant cocktail of cultures, vigorous nightlife, great range of restaurants and bars, and sleazy red-light district”.
The Top 50 most dangerous cities in the world (by homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)
- Tijuana, Mexico, with 138 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants
- Acapulco, Mexico, with 111
- Caracas, Venezuela, with 100
- Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, with 86
- Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, with 86
- Irapuato, Mexico, with 81
- Guayana City, Venezuela, with 78
- Natal, Brazil, with 75
- Fortaleza, Brazil, with 69
- Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, with 69
- Cape Town, South Africa, with 66
- Belém, Brazil, with 65
- Cancun, Mexico, with 64
- Feira de Santana, Brazil, with 63
- St. Louis, United States, with 61
- Culiacán, Mexico, with 61
- Barquisimeto, Venezuela, with 57
- Uruapan, Mexico, with 55
- Kingston, Jamaica, with 54
- Ciudad Obregón, Mexico, with 52
- Maceió, Brazil, with 51
- Vitória da Conquista, Brazil, with 51
- Baltimore, United States, with 51
- San Salvador, El Salvador, with 50
- Aracaju, Brazil, with 49
- Catzacoalcos, Mexico, with 48
- Palmira, Colombia, with 48
- Maturin, Venezuela, with 47
- Salvador, Brazil, with 47
- Macapá, Brazil, with 47
- Cali, Colombia, with 47
- Celaya, Mexico, with 47
- San Pedro Sula, Honduras, with 47
- Ensenada, Mexico, with 47
- Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil, with 46
- Tepic, Mexico, with 45
- Manaus, Brazil, with 44
- Recife, Brazil, with 44
- Guatemala City, Guatemala, with 44
- Central District, Honduras, with 43
- San Juan, Puerto Rico, with 42
- Valencia, Venezuela, with 42
- Reynosa, Mexico, with 41
- João Pessoa, Brazil, with 41
- Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa, with 39
- Detroit, United States, with 39
- Durban, South Africa, with 39
- Teresina, Brazil, with 38
- Chihuahua, Mexico, with 38
- New Orleans, United States, with 37.
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They added: “What's changed about Tijuana over the years is the emergence of a dynamic craft beer, dining and urban art scene. Several pasajes (passages) off the main thoroughfare La Revolución (or La Revo, as it is commonly known) are now home to contemporary galleries and arty cafes.
“Many hip, lauded restaurants have opened in Zona Río, the upscale commercial centre that runs alongside the river.
“Here you'll also find Plaza Fiesta, the rough-around-the-edges centre of the craft beer and bar scene that perhaps more than anywhere embodies the ever-evolving, hedonistic yet distinctly Mexican soul of Tijuana.”
Despite the tourist attractions on offer, tourists are urged to be careful the FCDO travel advice urges travel to the city only for the exceptions they’ve lined out.