New Orleans, La. Different websites give different answers, and also, the city with the highest murder rate changes each year. But if you really research and visit several different sites, and look at data from different years, you will see that New Orleans is almost always number 1(or consistently in top 3)
In 1988 Albany, GA made national headlines as the "Murder Capital of America," with the highest murder rate per capita in the United States.
That is New York City. I don't know the total for the whole year, but in 2001, over 2000 people were murdered in one day.
New York, 494
Detroit
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The city had 2,658 murders as of 2009.
Jacksonville
If you mean US city, it is Chicago with about 500 murders.
New orleans
gary
For the United States, New Orleans, LA, has had the highest number of homicides for the last ten years. Internationally, Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico, comes in first with over 2,600 murders.
I could not find the city with the highest number of SHOOTINGS, but the top 10 most dangerous cities in the US are: St. Lois Detroit Flint, Mich. Compton, Calf. Camden, NJ Birmingham, Al. Cleveland Oakland, Calf Youngstown, Oh. Gary, Ind.
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. In 2009 there were 2,658 killings.
1. Richmond, CA 2. Flint, MICH 3. Camden, N.J. 4. North Charleston, S.C. 5. Oakland, CA
New York,NY with 523 followed by Chicago at 510
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.
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