This Venezuelan capital is confronting a drug gang epidemic. Most visitors avoid this area due to street crimes including muggings and theft. Many additional Venezuelan cities have high crime rates.

Mexico's drug traffickers are widely known, and Ciudad Juarez is one of its most dangerous cities. Drug gangs hire or pay police, therefore many crimes go unpunished.

This city has a high crime rate due to poverty and social upheaval. South Africa's natural beauty and closeness to wildlife preserves and other attractions attracts visitors, yet Cape Town is unsafe.

Rio is Brazil's most popular tourist destination, thus it's worth concentrating on. Even if Rio is safer than a decade ago, street crimes are still widespread, particularly at night. 

Drug violence plagues Guatemala, a Caribbean country with numerous tourist attractions. Murders, street robberies, bus holdups, and carjackings are widespread.

It's long been one of the world's most hazardous cities. Although U.S. forces are leaving, it remains a conflict zone. Bombings and other terrorist acts are widespread.