It is indeed a "menace". Here's the latest murder rate:
[th]
Rank
[/th][th]
City
[/th][th]
Country
[/th][th]
Homicides
[/th][th]
Population
[/th][th]
Per
100,000
[/th]
[td]
1
[/td]
[td]
601
[/td][td]
330,329
[/td][td]
181.94
[/td]
[td]
2
[/td]
[td]
453
[/td][td]
306,045
[/td][td]
148.00
[/td]
[td]
3
[/td]
[td]
454
[/td][td]
328,430
[/td][td]
138.23
[/td]
[td]
4
[/td]
[td]
490
[/td][td]
363,996
[/td][td]
134.62
[/td]
[td]
5
[/td]
[td]
1,247
[/td][td]
1,212,836
[/td][td]
102.82
[/td]
[td]
6
[/td]
[td]
432
[/td][td]
485,453
[/td][td]
88.99
[/td]
[td]
7
[/td]
[td]
1,638
[/td][td]
1,863,973
[/td][td]
87.88
[/td]
[td]
8
[/td]
[td]
2,319
[/td][td]
2,765,695
[/td][td]
83.80
[/td]
[td]
9
[/td]
[td]
282
[/td][td]
360,338
[/td][td]
78.26
[/td]
[td]
10
[/td]
[td]
239
[/td][td]
308,461
[/td][td]
77.50
[/td]
[td]
11
[/td]
[td]
3,138
[/td][td]
4,080,930
[/td][td]
76.89
[/td]
[td]
12
[/td]
[td]
247
[/td][td]
325,193
[/td][td]
76.00
[/td]
[td]
13
[/td]
[td]
459
[/td][td]
614,872
[/td][td]
74.65
[/td]
[td]
14
[/td]
[td]
475
[/td][td]
671,596
[/td][td]
70.73
[/td]
[td]
15
[/td]
[td]
370
[/td][td]
543,570
[/td][td]
68.07
[/td]
[td]
16
[/td]
[td]
341
[/td][td]
503,327
[/td][td]
67.75
[/td]
[td]
17
[/td]
[td]
827
[/td][td]
1,231,788
[/td][td]
67.20
[/td]
[td]
18
[/td]
[td]
3,231
[/td][td]
4,837,094
[/td][td]
66.80
[/td]
[td]
19
[/td]
[td]
758
[/td][td]
1,144,103
[/td][td]
66.25
[/td]
[td]
20
[/td]
[td]
986
[/td][td]
1,489,507
[/td][td]
66.20
[/td]
[td]
21
[/td]
[td]
513
[/td][td]
782,661
[/td][td]
65.55
[/td]
[td]
22
[/td]
[td]
521
[/td][td]
794,389
[/td][td]
65.59
[/td]
[td]
23
[/td]
[td]
237
[/td][td]
361,400
[/td][td]
65.58
[/td]
[td]
24
[/td]
[td]
539
[/td][td]
874,997
[/td][td]
61.60
[/td]