Ordinary property crimes:

Individual cities: the picture is worse:

Latin America's Homicide Epidemic: Murders per 100,000 Citizens, 1990s
City	Number of Murders
Escuintia, Guatemala	165
San Salvador	150
Diadema, Brazil	140
Izablál, Guatemala	127
Medellin, Colombia	124
Cali, Colombia	114
Sãao Paulo, Brazil	103
Santa Rosa, Brazil	103
Guatemala City	101
Embù, Brazil	93
Caracas, Venezuela	76
Vitória, Brazil	64
Rio de Janeiro	63
Oaxaca, Mexico	54
Detroit Michigan	43
Washington, D.C.	36
New York, N.Y.	9
Paris, France	7
Tokyo, Japan	2
Sources: InternAmerican Development Bank, United Nations.

Percent of Crime Victimization across Quintiles and City Size
Income Quintiles						City Size
	q¹	q²	q³	q⁴	q⁵	Small	Medium	Large
Argentina	31.13	37.67	34.5	40.42	41.17	19.37	30.75	40.29
Bolivia	33.01	32.92	37.83	37.69	30.72	NA	33.94	35.48
Brazil	34.14	34.48	31.99	40.47	45.82	42.2	43.7	40.19
Colombia	29.4	34.26	34.89	39.43	42.78	NA	35.5	44.38
Costa Rica	33.65	35.47	35.96	43.22	34.98	35.4	45.53	NA
Chile	27.75	32.18	27.19	33.22	33.35	11.59	28.56	33.18
Ecuador	41.95	39.68	45.45	42.62	43.04	40.05	45.32	62.28
El Salvador	45.32	38.52	47.51	41.62	59.8	42.83	52.22	NA
Guatemala	54.8	50.86	52.47	58.86	58	50.27	51.5	NA
Honduras	28.36	27.83	39.67	44.27	41.41	38.46	53.51	NA
Mexico	40.26	39.06	44.48	48.22	47.57	29	43.64	53.39
Nicaragua	29.69	32.85	34.85	40.89	42.17	35.46	45.34	NA
Panama	25.92	26.35	34.14	29.6	26.11	26.07	38.86	NA
Paraguay	27.15	32.09	37.5	38.89	32.93	29.37	36.91	36.57
Peru	34.85	33.77	35.42	43.99	39.3	25.63	32.81	41.93
Uruguay	20.06	17.48	23.85	31.49	31.79	20.03	30.13	36.91
Venezuela	37.89	42.33	47.02	45.81	53.77	38.1	46.97	54.68
Spain	9.37	13.31	15.22	17.28	18.03	NA	NA	NA
Source: Latinobarometer (1966-1998)