11 Countries with the Highest Crime Rate per Capita in the World: 2016 Rankings

1. Brazil

Score – 86

At the top of our list is Brazil, which is quite worrisome considering this is the destination country for this year’s Summer Olympics. In fact, according to UN data, Brazil scored high on ten out of twelve categories. Assault, burglaries, homicide, domestic burglaries, kidnapping, car theft, rape, robbery, theft, and total sexual violence are the categories where Brazil sits badly. Brazil even got the maximum score on a few of these, including homicide, car theft and robbery, so be vigilant if you do go visiting.

The US Bureau of Diplomatic Security issued security reports for multiple cities throughout the country, including Brasilia (critical), Rio de Janeiro (critical), and Recife (critical), with mentions of violent crimes taking place in all these locations and elsewhere.

You should, of course, take this ranking with a grain of salt since the data stops in 2014. Of course, there’s also the issue that the crime rates here and in other countries across the globe can be much higher since so many crimes go unreported to the police and cannot be included in such lists. Alas, with the data we do have right now, Brazil takes the top position on the list of the 11 countries with the highest crime rate per capita in the world.

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