Editing Caracas (section)

=== Crime ===
{{Main|Crime in Venezuela}}
Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, have been reported to both have among the highest per capita murder rates in the world.<ref name="seguridadjusticiaypaz">{{cite web |title=List of cities by murder rate |url=http://www.seguridadjusticiaypaz.org.mx/biblioteca/prensa/send/6-prensa/231-caracas-venezuela-the-most-violent-city-in-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129184634/http://www.seguridadjusticiaypaz.org.mx/biblioteca/prensa/send/6-prensa/231-caracas-venezuela-the-most-violent-city-in-the-world |archive-date=29 January 2016 |access-date=26 January 2016 |publisher=seguridadjusticiaypaz.org.mx}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=3 December 2021 |title=Most Dangerous Cities in the World |url=http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-world.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212090222/https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-world.html |archive-date=12 December 2018 |access-date=26 February 2017 |website=WorldAtlas}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tait |first1=Robert |date=28 January 2016 |title=Caracas, Venezuela named as the world's most violent city |website=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/12126593/Caracas-named-as-the-worlds-most-violent-city.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/12126593/Caracas-named-as-the-worlds-most-violent-city.html |archive-date=11 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grillo |first1=Ioan |title=Venezuela's Murder Epidemic Rages on Amid State of Emergency |url=https://time.com/4341450/venezuela-state-of-emergency-murder-caracas/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410064906/http://time.com/4341450/venezuela-state-of-emergency-murder-caracas/ |archive-date=10 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Tegel |first1=Simeon |title=Venezuela's capital is world's most murderous city |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/01/29/venezuelas-capital-worlds-most-murderous-city/79508586/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421223601/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/01/29/venezuelas-capital-worlds-most-murderous-city/79508586/ |archive-date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |website=USA Today}}</ref><ref name="Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal">{{cite web |date=27 March 2017 |title=Caracas World's Most Violent City: Report |url=http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/caracas-most-violent-city-in-the-world-2015-report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512025324/http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/caracas-most-violent-city-in-the-world-2015-report |archive-date=12 May 2016 |access-date=22 April 2017 |website=Insight Crime}}</ref> In 2010 Caracas had the highest murder rate in the world,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramírez Miranda |first=Deivis |date=25 August 2010 |title=Caracas has become the deadliest city in the world |work=[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]] |url=http://english.eluniversal.com/2010/08/25/en_pol_esp_caracas-has-become-t_25A4380891.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828130358/http://english.eluniversal.com/2010/08/25/en_pol_esp_caracas-has-become-t_25A4380891.shtml |archive-date=28 August 2010 }}

* {{cite news |last=James |first=Ian |date=28 August 2010 |title=Venezuelans protest rampant violence, some liken bloodshed to 'undeclared war' |publisher=startribune.com |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.startribune.com/templates/Print_This_Story?sid=101723908 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118040443/http://www.startribune.com/templates/Print_This_Story?sid=101723908 |archive-date=18 November 2012 }}
* {{cite web |last=Bowman |first=Michael |date=24 August 2010 |title=Venezuelans Despair Over Rampant, Deadly Violence |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/venezuelans-despair-over-rampant-deadly-violence-101380809/124443.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827052234/http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Venezuelans-Despair-Over-Rampant-Deadly-Violence-101380809.html |archive-date=27 August 2010 |access-date=28 August 2010 |publisher=[[Voice of America]] }}
* {{Cite news |last=Romero |first=Simon |date=22 August 2010 |title=Venezuela, More Deadly Than Iraq, Wonders Why |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/world/americas/23venez.html?_r=1 |access-date=27 October 2023 |archive-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702064714/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/world/americas/23venez.html?_r=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> having more deaths than [[Baghdad]] during the [[Iraq War]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-08-22 |title=Los muertos que esconde Chávez |url=https://www.larazon.es/historico/1978-los-muertos-que-esconde-chavez-NLLA_RAZON_304563/ |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]] |language=es |archive-date=28 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428085843/https://www.larazon.es/historico/1978-los-muertos-que-esconde-chavez-NLLA_RAZON_304563/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2012 there were 13,080 murders in Venezuela, according to the [[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]].<ref>{{cite web |title=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) – Murder rates (most recent year) – spreadsheet |url=http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Homicide_statistics2012.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309231127/http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Homicide_statistics2012.xls |archive-date=9 March 2013 |access-date=8 March 2013}}</ref> By 2019, Caracas was the [[List of cities by murder rate|city with the sixth highest homicide rate in the world outside of a warzone]], with a rate of around 76 murders per 100,000 people. In 2023 it was the [[List of cities by murder rate|nineteenth]], with a rate of around 52 murders per 100,000 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Most Dangerous Cities in the World|url=http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-world.html|website=WorldAtlas|date=27 September 2023|access-date=27 September 2023|archive-date=12 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212090222/https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-world.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Most murders and other violent crimes go unsolved, with estimates of the number of unresolved crimes as high as 98%.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Woody|first1=Christopher|title=Venezuela admits homicides soared to 60 a day in 2016, making it one of the most violent countries in the world|url=http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/r-venezuela-says-murders-soared-to-60-per-day-in-2016-2017-3-1001887702|website=Business Insider|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423155612/http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/r-venezuela-says-murders-soared-to-60-per-day-in-2016-2017-3-1001887702|archive-date=23 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='98% Impunity Rate in Venezuela': Opposition|url=http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/venezuela-impunity-rate-at-98-percent|website=InSight crime|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926085907/http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/venezuela-impunity-rate-at-98-percent|archive-date=26 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mendoza|first1=Samuel|title=Impunity and insecurity go hand in hand in Venezuela|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/noticias/daily-news/impunity-and-insecurity-hand-hand-venezuela_638461|website=El Universal|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423161130/http://www.eluniversal.com/noticias/daily-news/impunity-and-insecurity-hand-hand-venezuela_638461|archive-date=23 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[U.S. Department of State]] and British [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] have issued [[travel warning]]s for Venezuela due to high rates of crime.<ref>{{cite web |title=Venezuela travel advice |url=https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/venezuela |website=GOV.UK |access-date=27 September 2023 |language=en |date=23 August 2023 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808091916/https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/venezuela |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Venezuela International Travel Information |url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Venezuela.html |website=travel.state.gov |access-date=27 September 2023 |date=17 July 2023 |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927074313/https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Venezuela.html |url-status=live }}</ref>