The collective homicide toll for America’s 50 biggest cities dipped slightly in 2017, a USA TODAY analysis of crime data found.
The FBI won’t publish its annual comprehensive crime report until later this year, but an early review of police department crime data shows that killings decreased by at least 1% in large jurisdictions compared with 2016.
The modest decrease in killings comes after FBI data showed back-to-back years in which homicides rose sharply in large cities. (Homicides in cities with 250,000 or more residents rose by about 15.2% from 2014 to 2015, and 8.2% from 2015 to 2016.)
There were 5,738 homicides in the nation’s 50 biggest cities in 2017 compared with 5,863 homicides in 2016, a roughly 2.3% reduction.
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Dave T: Thanks again for SBY News doing the real work. Here's why: Fox News just reported last night that Maryland is classified as an A+ state for its ridiculous, strict gun laws because it lowers gun crime. Obviously Fox News needs to learn what attribution in news reporting really means.
worse than chicago?
Baltimore's murder rate is even higher than Venezuela's when the murders per capita is considered.
And guess what with your boy Jake day running your city its all heading to this side of the bay bridge.
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