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Originally Posted by tablemtn
The nation of El Salvador had an abysmal year in terms of crime, with police reporting 6,646 murders through December 30. The 31st had at least three more murders.
For its population of 6.38 million, that's a rate of 104.2, which is probably going to be the highest in the world of any nation that actually collects statistics and isn't at war.
January 1st has already seen at least 15 violent deaths that have been reported, though seven of those appear to be gang-members killed by police.
Portland ended with 28 murders and 31 homicides overall; Vancouver with 15 murders.
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I've gone back a few pages to quote this but yes, it is truly a monstrosity the year that El Salvador has had.
These are the confirmed numbers for the first 6 months of 2015 with full year projections after the YTD. These were annualized at the time, it's gotten worse like you said;
El Salvador was at 2,865 (5,730). Population: 6,369,224. Rate of: 44.98 (89.96).
Cities;
San Salvador was at 929 (1,858). Population: 1,830,123. Rate of: 50.76 (101.52).
Santa Ana was at 84 (168). Population: 267,150. Rate of: 31.44 (62.89).
San Miguel was at 96 (192). Population: 252,200. Rate of: 38.07 (76.13).
At the moment I can't remember where I got San Salvador's population from. It's close to the reality thats all I know, I'd quote the source if I could find it.