City Murder Rates

[tablemtn]

Portland has 21 murders, after a shooting in the far east of the city:

Shooting Investigation Underway in Southeast Portland - One Person Deceased

Vancouver appears to have 18 after a domestic incident south of downtown:

Seniors found dead in Vancouver home

[ChiSoxRox]

Fairbanks, Alaska - 10

Population - 32,751

Rate - 30.5 per 100k

[toddguy]

Jackson Mississippi is at 59, with a population of only 169,148. That is a rate of nearly 35 per 100k.

[Skoobeatz]

Youngstown Ohio

(25) homicides

as of December, 1, 2017

Population: 64,312

Per: 100,000: 38.2

4 homicides in the last 4 days

[Steely Dan]

chicago, through the end of november:


total homicides:

2016: 743
2017: 632

down 14.9%




total people shot (wounded & killed):

2016: 4,008
2017: 3,352

down 16.4%

[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.

...

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

[LMich]

As of November 16, Detroit was down 29 homicides:

2016: 271
2017: 242

-10.7%

Rate: 35.9 per 100,000

Both violent and propety crime is down 8%.

[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

[LMich]

Speak of the devil, the News had a piece on this, yesterday, hours after I had to dig to find the numbers I did for mid-November. Anyway, as of December 1, Detroit was down 31 homicides:

2016: 285
2017: 254

-31 (-10.8%)

Also:

Craig said as of Friday non-fatal shootings were down 12 percent, robberies down 15 percent and carjackings down 17 percent. Aggravated assaults are down 5 percent this year, Craig added.

[Centropolis]

st. louis is up quite a bit. as of october 4 homicides were up like 80% in st. louis county at 29, 190 in the city as of last week. looking at 250 or more for 1.3 million. the city is headed for 1990s numbers.

[north 42]

Originally Posted by LMich

Speak of the devil, the News had a piece on this, yesterday, hours after I had to dig to find the numbers I did for mid-November. Anyway, as of December 1, Detroit was down 31 homicides:

2016: 285
2017: 254

-31 (-10.8%)

Also:

Detroit seems to be improving on all fronts lately!

[Sun Belt]

Originally Posted by Centropolis

st. louis is up quite a bit. as of october 4 homicides were up like 80% in st. louis county at 29, 190 in the city as of last week. looking at 250 or more for 1.3 million. the city is headed for 1990s numbers.

I think Baltimore is up from last year also.

[BG918]

Originally Posted by Sun Belt

I think Baltimore is up from last year also.

What do you think is causing the spike in violence in St Louis and Baltimore? Also hearing things have spiked in Kansas City and Louisville.

[tablemtn]

Portland has 22 murders after a domestic incident on the east side of the city:

Police identify suspect in Southeast Portland stabbing as son of victim

[chris08876]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

chicago, through the end of november:

total people shot (wounded & killed):

2016: 4,008
2017: 3,352

down 16.4%

It's definitely progress. Not something that can be fixed overnight or even in a year. I'd say that, from a metrics standpoint, is on the right path.

And with reduced crime, comes prosperity. Its an overall element (one of them) for the citys growth.

Originally Posted by BG918

What do you think is causing the spike in violence in St Louis and Baltimore? Also hearing things have spiked in Kansas City and Louisville.

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.

[toddguy]

East St. Louis at 34?

http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article186377283.html

With a population of 26,922 that would be a rate of 126 per 100k? Is that article correct?

[pacarlson]

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

[Djesus777]

Montreal now at 21. We finished last year with 23.

[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

[softee]

Toronto is at 57.