City and Metro Murders 2016 (cities, criminal, FBI, news)
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One victim in a weekend South Richmond shooting died, bringing Richmond's total to 58/26.36...
A man was shot in the head in Newport News last night, bringing their total to 20/10.93. Hampton Roads, when adding the rural and suburban counties, is now over 125 murders this year:
San Bernadino, CA 59 homicides (population: 213,000)
Salinas, CA 35 homicides (population:155,000)
San Jose, CA 44 homicides (population: 1m)
Oakland, CA 68 homicides (population: 406,000)
Little Rock, AR 34 homicides (population: 197,000)
Birmingham, AL 89 homicides (population: 212,000)
Jackson, MS 57 homicides (population: 172,000)
New Orleans, LA 154 homicides (population: 378,000)
Memphis, TN 197 homicides (population: 653,000)
Denver, CO 49 homicides (population: 682,000)
Salt Lake City 11 homicides (population: 190,000)
Las Vegas, NV jurisdiction 150 homicides (population: 1.5 million)
North Las Vegas, NV 21 homicides (population: 226,000)
Henderson, NV 11 homicides (population: 270,000)
Clark County, NV 182 homicides (population: 2 million)
Baltimore, MD 274 homicides (population: 622,000
Washington DC 121 homicides (population: 658,000)
St. Louis, Missouri 165 homicides (population: 318,000)
Kansas City, Missouri 107 homicides (population: 467,000)
Omaha, Nebraska 28 homicides (population: 443,000)
Last edited by lovecrowds; 11-16-2016 at 08:05 PM..
As of 11/18, Chicago has 685 homicides according to the Tribune.
HeyJackass says 702 homicides, which includes self-defense and police-related shootings.
168 for St.Louis now. I wonder what the life expectancy is in the hood in St.Louis with such a high murder rate year after year after year.
I have seen it written that one contributing factor to North Philadelphia's bad economy is that there is an entire generation of people have died or been incarcerated as teenagers before making it to adulthood.
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In New York, almost 120,000 black men between the ages of 25 and 54 are missing from everyday life. In Chicago, 45,000 are, and more than 30,000 are missing in Philadelphia. Across the South — from North Charleston, S.C., through Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and up into Ferguson, Mo. — hundreds of thousands more are missing.
They are missing, largely because of early deaths or because they are behind bars. Remarkably, black women who are 25 to 54 and not in jail outnumber black men in that category by 1.5 million, according to an Upshot analysis. For every 100 black women in this age group living outside of jail, there are only 83 black men. Among whites, the equivalent number is 99, nearly parity.
African-American men have long been more likely to be locked up and more likely to die young, but the scale of the combined toll is nonetheless jarring.
It's weird seeing Hampton neck and neck with Newport News. It's usually the quiet little brother.
You know what's funny? The perception in Virginia is exactly what you said, that Newport News is one of the most dangerous cities in the state, certainly on the Peninsula. I think that idea follows historical trends, that Newport News is the wilder city and Hampton is much less so...
The reality is a little different though. They are essentially the same city, with Hampton having less impoverished areas, more black wealth, etc. But the street culture in the two is generally the same. I'll concede that the worst neighborhoods of the Peninsula are in Newport News, but the trends this decade (through 2015) are as follows:
Newport News has a decade-to-date body count/murder rate average of 20/10.95. Newport News didn't have a single year this decade above 20 homicides or an 11.00 murder rate until '14. Much like many other cities around the country, Newport News has experienced sharply increased violent crime rates the last 2-3 years. Last year was it's worst of the decade, with 26 murders, and this year's 22 murders so far is ahead of the decade average of 20/10.95...
In comparison, Hampton has a decade-to-date of 13/9.51. Obviously, it's 21 murders this year are way ahead of the norm, but actually 2013 was the craziest year with 22 murders. Hampton seemingly has bigger swings in rate from year to year, particularly early in the decade. This year and last year are the first time Hampton has had back-to-back years with 10+ murders in a decade (there were 16 last year). I think the same increase in drugs and crime nationwide has spread a bit hard on the Peninsula, because of how much higher the rates have gone up in Hampton...
Hampton and Newport News are culturally the same city, though...
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