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Have any of the crime (especially homicide) statistics available already from the nearest major city to you? Please post the data for the entire 2010 year. Then, we can compare it to 2009.
Raleigh had 15 in 2009 in a population of about 400K. I can't seem to find 2010 but will post when I find it. I am guessing it rose since 2009 was low compared to typical years. In the end, Raleigh is the safest larger city in NC according to crime stats.
Note: 532 murders is still a relatively low number, especially compared to over 2,000 in 1990.
Note: The FBI released the priliminary stats for 2010, but these are only for the first half of the year and are thus incomplete.
532 is absolutely a remarkable number of (unfortunate!) homicides in NYC! Progress, indeed.
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