America has been knocked off the top spot for ......

[Egbert]

... murders.

I just discovered that Tennant Creek, an Australian town, has a higher murder rate than the USA.

[Geronimo]

I don't think the US has ever had claim to the highest murder rate town in the world. That's an incredibly low bar of course. For that matter, Tennant Creek surely enjoys a murder rate far far below the highest in the world.

https://www.factsinstitute.com/ranking/countries-by-murder-rate/

2017 average global murder rate was 6.1 homicides per 100,000 people.

• The rate in the Americas (17.2) is the highest recorded in the region since reliable records began in 1990.
• Africa’s murder rate (13.0) is also above the global average.
• Asia, Europe and Oceania all have a murder rate below the global average: 2.3, 3.0 and 2.8 respectively.

[Geronimo]

I'm not sure removing the country data was worth it in a thread that will probably not reach one page and which starts off with such distorted perceptions of actual homicide rates.

[PLATO]

The rate in the Americas (17.2) is the highest recorded in the region since reliable records began in 1990.

Making America Great Again!