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Kingston makes top 20 most dangerous cities list

Published:Thursday | July 19, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Kingston, Jamaica, has worked itself back on the list of top 20 most dangerous cities in the world.

On Tuesday, USA Today published a list of 50 cities, globally, deemed most dangerous based on the number of homicides per 100,000.

Jamaica is listed as having a homicide rate of 59.7 per 100,000.

Los Cabos in Mexico was listed as the most dangerous city in the world, with a murder rate of 111.3 per 100, 000.

Caracas in Venezuela came in second, with 111.2 per 100,000, while Acapulco, Mexico, placed third, with 106.6 per 100,000.

Brazil had the most number of violent cities on the list (17 cities).