The city with the highest crime rate in 2025 is Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, with a crime rate of 82 per 100,000 inhabitants, making it the most dangerous city globally. Other cities with very high crime rates include Caracas, Venezuela, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and Tijuana, Mexico. In the United States, Memphis, Tennessee, ranks as the city with the highest violent crime rate, at 2,349 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, followed by St. Louis and Detroit.
