WASHINGTON — The District saw a spike in homicides last year. But halfway through 2016, the number of homicides has plateaued.
The nation saw what a National Institute of Justice report calls a “real and nearly unprecedented” spike in homicides last year with both Baltimore and Washington leading the way.
Both cities saw homicides climb more than 50 percent in 2015. Baltimore had the largest spike in violent deaths in the nation and D.C. had the fifth largest increase.
But this year, that rapid rise in homicides has leveled off.
D.C. has reported 63 homicides so far this year, five fewer than had been reported at this time last year. That’s a 7 percent decline compared to last year, but the rate is still higher than the 58 people who had been violently killed by midyear 2014 and the 38 by July 2013.
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It sounds worse than it is, according to the numbers put forth in the article. Let's see how the long, hot summer is.
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