City Murder Rates

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by pacarlson

New York, Chicago, and Detroit going in the right direction: down. Very good.

Yes, but violence spiked last year so these cities are actually not down as much as you'd think or actually still up relative to 2015.

[LMich]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Las Vegas is at 203 murders as of 12/1.

My brother was about 2 minutes from witnessing this first one that happened on Wednesday. They heard the gunshots and saw the EMTs working on the guy. He said he was bleeding all over the street. The 2nd article on this says it was the 201st murder of the year, and the 230th one they've investigated in Clark County.

201
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/...own-las-vegas/
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/...own-las-vegas/

202
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/...n-at-facility/

203
http://news3lv.com/news/local/man-sh...r-bonanza-lamb

I mean, this counts the 50 or so murders during the concert shooting, right?

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Yes, but violence spiked last year so these cities are actually not down as much as you'd think or actually still up relative to 2015.

It depends on the city. Violence didn't spike everywhere. Detroit's rates for overall violent crime, for instance, have been fairly steady for a few years now. As for murders, they look like they'll end be down considerably:

2011: 344
2012: 386
2013: 316
2014: 298
2015: 295
2016: 302

The fall this year will almost certainly be larger than the percent of population loss, which has finally started to level off.

[KevinFromTexas]

I'm not sure. I was wondering about that also.

[KevinFromTexas]

After going through all of November without a murder in the entire metro, San Marcos, part of Austin's metro, had one today. A San Marcos police officer was shot and killed while serving a warrant.

1 dead - BREAKING UPDATE: San Marcos police officer killed while serving warrant, officials say - 12/4

1 dead - UPDATE: Officers did everything they could to save stabbing victim, chief says - 12/15

1 dead - OVERNIGHT: East Austin shooting leaves woman dead, suspect arrested, police say - 12/27

2017 Austin Metro Murders

| Austin 23 | Travis Co. 32 | Bastrop Co. 1 | Caldwell Co. 0 | Hays Co. 6 | Williamson Co. 1 | Metro 40 |

Metro totals:
Shooting - 26
Stabbing - 6
Strangled - 0
Suffocation - 0
Throwing (of child) - 0
Beating - 2
Vehicular - 1
Blunt force trauma - 2
Sharp force trauma - 1
Unlisted cause - 1

Austin totals:
Downtown - 1
Central Austin - 2
East Austin - 4
North Austin - 7
Northeast Austin - 3
Northwest Austin - 0
South Austin - 4
Southeast Austin - 2
Southwest Austin - 0
West Austin - 0

Victims
Male - 30
Female - 6
Unlisted - 2

| Jan 1 | Feb 6 | Mar 7 | Apr 1 | May 5 | Jun 3 | Jul 3 | Aug 6 | Sep 2 | Oct 2 | Nov 0 | Dec 4 |

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| Mon 4 | Tue 2 | Wed 12 | Thur 8 | Fri 4 | Sat 2 | Sun 8 |

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Austin Metro Murder cases

1 dead - Sheriff: Woman killed daughter, 5, in one of Hays County’s ‘worst’ cases - 1/5

1 dead - Police: Alcohol possibly involved in South Austin fatal shooting Saturday - 2/4

1 dead - Man accused of hitting woman twice with car in North Austin charged with murder - 2/5

1 dead - Victim in fatal Round Rock shooting was veteran, loving dad, neighbor says - 2/8

1 dead - Woman found dead in Hays County after apparent disturbance with husband, deputies say - 2/9

1 dead - 2 Hays County shooting deaths in 5 hours; 1 case still unsolved - 2/9

1 dead - Authorities: Bastrop kidnapping ends in fatal shooting of woman; shooter turns gun on self - 2/15

1 dead - Man found stabbed at East Austin bus stop - 3/10

1 dead - NEW DETAILS: Man accused of murder after shooting in North Austin on Sunday, police say - 3/12

1 dead - Gang, homicide investigators seeking shooter after man killed in East Austin  - 3/15

2 dead - NEW DETAILS: Authorities ID suspect in double homicide near Lake Travis  - 3/15

1 dead - Shooter on the run after homicide near Wells Branch, North Austin, officials say - 3/16

1 dead - NEW DETAILS: Police: Man fatally shot in North Austin, suspect still on the loose - 3/26

1 dead - Travis Co sheriff releases person of interest photo in Friday homicide - 4/7

1 dead - EMS: 1 dead, 3 injured in stabbing at UT campus; suspect in custody - 5/1

1 dead - Two bodies found at South Austin home ruled murder/suicide - 5/3

1 dead - Man charged with murder in father’s death - 5/7

1 dead - HOMICIDE CASE: Gunshot victim found in Pflugerville parking lot by police - 5/10

1 dead - Man killed in shooting on South Congress Ave. identified - 5/19

1 dead - SHOOTING UPDATE: Man dies in NE Austin, 10 miles away from shooting, police say - 6/8

1 dead - SAN MARCOS: Man, 28, dies after being shot and run over with own car - 6/20

1 dead - NEW DETAILS: Police identify man, woman found dead in North Austin home - 6/20

1 dead - Man found shot, dead in wrecked pickup in Southeast Austin - 7/9

1 dead - NEW DETAILS: Man targeted in North Austin shooting last night, police say - 7/26

1 dead - Son charged with murder in father’s death - 7/26

1 dead - WATCH: Authorities provide update on North Austin kidnapping that ended with man dead, woman injured  - 8/2

1 dead - NEW DETAILS: Botched robbery led to deadly Southeast Austin shooting, police say - 8/3

1 dead - NEW DETAILS: Fight over military branches led to killing in North Austin, police say - 8/13

1 dead - UPDATED: Man dies from gunshot wounds on Rundberg Lane, EMS says - 8/23

1 dead - SAN MARCOS: Man charged with murder after beating wife’s lover to death, police say - 8/24

1 dead - SUSPICIOUS DEATH: Man found dead at a home in Northeast Austin, police say - 8/31

1 dead - BREAKING UPDATE: Police investigating fatal shooting in Northeast Austin as possible road rage incident - 9/12

1 dead - JUST IN: Man dies after being knocked unconscious in downtown Austin - 9/17

1 dead - Bastrop County sheriff’s office investigating homicide in Dale - 10/7

1 dead - Victim’s threats, assaults may have led to fatal South Austin attack, affidavit says - 10/8

1 dead - BREAKING UPDATE: San Marcos police officer killed while serving warrant, officials say - 12/4

1 dead - Travis County man appears to have shot 9-year-old daughter before killing self, authorities say - 12/11

1 dead - UPDATE: Officers did everything they could to save stabbing victim, chief says - 12/15

1 dead - OVERNIGHT: East Austin shooting leaves woman dead, suspect arrested, police say - 12/27

Pending cases

2 dead - Austin police investigating two deaths at South Austin La Quinta Inn - 3/2

1 dead - NEW DETAILS: Man in his 20s found dead in South Austin creek, police say - 4/7

1 dead - Police: SB I-35 frontage road at Parmer Ln. reopens after body found - 5/27

1 dead - Actress, beauty queen Margaret Ann Garza, 31, found dead in Round Rock - 6/1

1 dead - BREAKING: Body found in Spicewood field, Travis County authorities say - 6/21

1 dead - Official:Body found in Pedernales River - 7/9

2 dead - Two bodies found in Paige mobile home fire - 7/26

1 dead - JUST IN: Travis County deputies investigating homicide in Del Valle - 8/3

UPDATE: Austin cyclist says he found human body parts while riding on Walnut Creek trail - 8/31

2 dead - Williamson County Sheriff: Two bodies found in home in Cedar Park area - 9/10

1 dead - UPDATE: Human skeleton found near Round Rock, close to Brushy Creek - 9/19

1 dead - Austin police report homicide in East Austin - 10/28

1 dead - UPDATE: Hit-and-run driver found dead in East Austin, officials say - 10/28

Austin area population

City: 947,890 (July 1, 2016 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Travis County: 1,199,323 (July 1, 2016 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Metro: 2,056,405 (July 1, 2016 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau

Area - City: 297 square miles (2010) - US Census Bureau
Area - Metro: 4,285 square miles - Wikipedia
Area - Travis County: 1,023 square miles - Wikipedia

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Previous years

2016 - 39
2015 - 19
2014 - 31
2013 - 25
2012 - 32
2011 - 28
2010 - 31
2009 - 23
2008 - 24
2007 - 30
2006 - 20

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12/27/2016 - | Austin 24 | Travis Co. 30 | Bastrop Co. 6 | Caldwell Co. 1 | Hays Co. 5 | Williamson Co. 1 | Metro 42 |




12/27/2017 - | Austin 23 | Travis Co. 32 | Bastrop Co. 1 | Caldwell Co. 0 | Hays Co. 6 | Williamson Co. 1 | Metro 40 |

[PhillyRising]

Philadelphia is at 295...up from 260 this time last year.

[toddguy]

Columbus just hit 130...four yesterday and one so far today. Record is 139. We may beat it.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Los Angeles as of 12/2/17

2017 - 258
2016 - 276
2015 - 263

Down 6.5% from 2016

[toddguy]

Columbus is at 135 as of today. The record is 139-hopefully we fall short.

[Centropolis]

st. louis city proper crossed over 200 over the weekend.

[Centropolis]

Originally Posted by chris08876

Heroin most likely and opioids. That Fentynel crap is killing a lot of folks due to its micro-gram dosages. Doesn't take much, literally in the ug (migrograms) to kill. Take a milligram of salt, and reduce that amount of salt by 99.997%. That 0.002 is enough to cause a lethal overdose or 2 micro-grams for someone not use to it. Incredibly potent.

That's why those transdermal patches are time released and not instant.

but those aren't counted as homicides, unless you're strictly referring to the street dealers battling over territory.

[Steely Dan]

chicago, through 12/20:


total homicides:

2016: 781
2017: 662

down 15.2%




total people shot (wounded & killed):

2016: 4,248
2017: 3,493

down 17.8%

[BG918]

Originally Posted by Centropolis

st. louis city proper crossed over 200 over the weekend.

Just in the city? With a population of only ~315,000 that is a very high rate!

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by Centropolis

st. louis city proper crossed over 200 over the weekend.

Wow. That's an extremely high rate, especially considering the vast majority would be on the North Side, which has, what 100k people at this point?

[toddguy]

And Columbus breaks it's record of 139 homicides set nearly a quarter of a century ago with 140 homicides as of today...and with nearly a week left in the year still. smh.

106 was the total for last year.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Los Angeles as of 12/16/17

2017 - 271
2016 - 289
2015 - 273

Down 6.2% from last year. Overall violent crime up 3.8%, driven mostly by aggravated assaults and robbery increases and has been this way over the last 3 or 4 years. My best answer is that the city is now classifying differently and because of props 47 and 57 that dumped a bunch of criminals on the streets over the last few years.

[MayorOfChicago]

Crossing my fingers on Chicago making progress. It was fairly even with last year up until around September of this year.

Late September and October, November and December have all been consistently down over 50% from last year. If this keeps up and something really did happen 2-3 months ago that pushed rates way down we should be back into the 550-575 range for next year, from 770 last year.

[Capsicum]

Originally Posted by mrnyc

nyc expects to end year with fewer than 300 homicides:



NYPD expects drop in homicides to continue through year's end

By Anthony M. DeStefano anthony.destefano@newsday.com December 1, 2017

With a month left in 2017 and homicides and shootings continuing to plummet, NYPD officials are confident the city will record fewer than 300 killings by year’s end — a level last seen in the waning days of World War II, according to police records and law enforcement sources.

Through Nov. 29, the NYPD has tallied 258 homicides, compared with 309 in the same period in 2016, a drop of 16.5 percent. Shootings have totaled 732 compared with 932 in 2016, a drop of 21.4 percent.

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In 1994, the year modern Compstat record-keeping began, the city had 1,561 homicides. Historically, police officials said, the consistent method of recording homicides began in the early 1960s when killings numbered on average about 500 annually. Although it was unclear exactly how homicides were counted in World War II, police data showed 292 killings in 1945.


more:
https://www.amny.com/news/nyc-crime-...des-1.15265709

Originally Posted by balletomane

Rates for select Canadian cities as of Dec. 1 2017
1. Edmonton 4.29/100,000
2. Winnipeg 3.40/100,000
3. Vancouver 2.69/100,000
4. Calgary 2.10/100,000
5. Toronto 2.01/100,000
6. Ottawa 1.50/100,000
7. Halifax 1.49/100,000
8. Hamilton 1.30/100,000
9. Quebec City 1.13/100,000
10. Montreal 1.00/100,000

NYC's drop in recent years has been really surprising. Despite being the largest, densest and most diverse city in the nation and despite its former reputation versus the reputation of "safe" Canadian cities, it's pretty much at the level of an ordinary Canadian city now.

[pico44]

Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s



NYTimes

[sopas ej]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

Los Angeles as of 12/16/17

2017 - 271
2016 - 289
2015 - 273

Down 6.2% from last year. Overall violent crime up 3.8%, driven mostly by aggravated assaults and robbery increases and has been this way over the last 3 or 4 years. My best answer is that the city is now classifying differently and because of props 47 and 57 that dumped a bunch of criminals on the streets over the last few years.

In case anyone was curious:

Prop 47: https://ballotpedia.org/California_P...tiative_(2014))

Prop 57:https://ballotpedia.org/California_P...rements_(2016))

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

LA county homicides down 20%, driven by huge reductions in Compton and East LA divisions (down 46%). Sherrif patrols unincorporated parts of LA county.

https://www.dailynews.com/2017/12/28...eriff-reports/