“CHICAGO IS THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Tuesday morning, completely undermining his credibility on other matters with a far-too-easily falsifiable statement that does not feel true or “speak to a larger point” or whatever.
The murder capital of the world in absolutes would most likely go to Salvador, Brazil, at 986 dead in 2023 while per capita title would be Colima, Mexico, at 140 per 100,000 in 2024. Domestically, while Chicago typically has the highest absolute number of homicides annually at 573 murders in 2024, the rate is a third that of the actual murder capital of the US, which is St Louis at 87.2 in 2025, more than triple that of Chicago at 28.7 so far this year, ranking 7th among American cities.