Chicago: Deadliest city in the world?

The folks at NBC Chicago are alarmed at the number of murders taking place in their city -- and they rightfully should be given the fact that the city crime rate is currently on pace to rack up more than 500 homicides this year alone.

So they decided to put Chicago up against other large, developed cities from around the world. The results are grim.

The numbers represent the number of murders per 100,000 people:

Singapore--0.4

Tokyo--0.5

Hong Kong--0.6

Berlin--1.0

Sydney--1.0

London--1.4

Toronto--1.7

Amsterdam--1.8

Paris--4.4

New York--6.0

Los Angeles--7.5

Mexico City--8.0

Moscow--9.6

Sao Paolo--15.6

Chicago--19.4

It could be worse, reporter Edward McClelland points out.  "Caracas, Venezuela has a murder rate of 130 per 100,000."