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2008 Murder Capital for cities is La Ceiba, Honduras with a rate of 150 per 100,000. The entire nation of Honduras also had the highest rate for countries with 58 per 100,000.

The city with the most murders overall is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2008 there were 4,295 murders. Brazil itself was the country that had the most murders in absolute terms, with 50,659 killings.

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The Murder Capital is a city with a population of at least 100,000 or more that has the most murders per 100,000 residents. These are the actual Murder Capitals from 1990-2009.

1990--D.C.-77.8 murders per 100,000

1991--D.C.-80.6 murders per 100,000

1992--D.C.-75.2 murders per 100,000

1993-Gary-89.1 murders per 100,000

1994--N.O.-85.8 murders per 100,000

1995-Gary-83.3 murders per 100,000

1996-Gary-89.6 murders per 100,000

1997-Gary-84.1 murders per 100,000

1998-Gary-68.9 murders per 100,000

1999-Gary-68.6 murders per 100,000

2000-Gary-65.2 murders per 100,000

2001-Gary-79.4 murders per 100,000

2002-Gary-57.7 murders per 100,000

2003-Gary-67.0 murders per 100,000

2004--N.O.-56.0 murders per 100,000

2005-Gary-58.0 murders per 100,000

2006--N.O.-76.4 murders per 100,000

2007--N.O.-81.0 murders per 100,000

2008--N.O.-63.6 murders per 100,000

2009--N.O.-51.7 murders per 100,000

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