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@Jamez
Not over a time frame but highest in our country's history within a single year not time period. Funky monkey did it right.
@ Funky monkey
Your positions are wrong and some of the info is inaccurate. Already have Chicago at third with 970 in 1974. I notice that Detroit's highest was in the 70s too. Matter of fact, Some of the highest for large Mid-west cities was in the 70s. I can't recall Detroit , St.Louis, nor Cleveland's at that time big its higher than that unfortunately. Houston should be 4 or 5 with 701 in 1980/1 .
I should have said in the post, but you can see from the linked spreadsheet that this is data from 1985-2012. I guess older data might be available but as far as I know it's harder to process easily.
But why limit yourself to just total, raw numbers? That's a fairly quick way to end the thread, and fairly boring as well (your question has already been mostly answered by funkymonkey). The per capita listings add a new angle to the discussion, and give these murders more context.
Maximum rate per 100,000 and year by agency. 1985-2012
1. New Orleans Police Dept 94.7 in 2007*
2. Washington Metropolitan Police Dept 80.6 in 1991*
3. Richmond (City) Bureau Of Police 77.2 in 1994*
4. St. Louis Police Dept 69 in 1993*
5. Richmond Police Dept 68.4 in 1991*
6. Detroit Police Dept 62.8 in 1987*
7. Flint City Police Dept 62 in 2012*
8. City Of Murrieta Police Dept 60.8 in 1993*
9. Atlanta Police Dept 58.6 in 1990*
10. Birmingham Police Dept 51.6 in 1991*
11. Inglewood Police Dept 50.2 in 1990*
12. Oklahoma City Police Dept 48.7 in 1995*
13. Dallas Police Dept 48.6 in 1991*
14. Baltimore City Police Dept 48.2 in 1993*
15. San Bernardino Police Dept 47.1 in 1993*
15. Jackson Police Dept 47.1 in 1995*
17. City Of Fort Worth Police Dept 46.2 in 1986*
17. Killeen Police Dept 46.2 in 1991*
19. Bridgeport Police Dept 43.8 in 1993*
20. Oakland Police Dept 42.7 in 1992*
1. New York City Police Dept 2245 in 1990*
2. Los Angeles Police Dept 1094 in 1992*
3. Chicago Police Dept 939 in 1992*
4. Detroit Police Dept 686 in 1987*
5. Houston Police Dept 608 in 1991*
6. Philadelphia Police Dept 503 in 1990*
7. Dallas Police Dept 500 in 1991*
8. Washington Metropolitan Police Dept 482 in 1991*
9. New Orleans Police Dept 424 in 1994*
10. Baltimore City Police Dept 353 in 1993*
11. St. Louis Police Dept 267 in 1993*
12. Atlanta Police Dept 246 in 1989*
13. Phoenix Police Dept 241 in 2003*
14. Oklahoma City Police Dept 227 in 1995*
15. San Antonio Police Dept 220 in 1993*
16. City Of Fort Worth Police Dept 200 in 1986*
17. Memphis Police Dept 198 in 1993*
18. Jacksonville 176 in 1990*
19. Cleveland 175 in 1991*
20. Los Angeles County Sheriff Department 170 in 2004*
I know this: New Orleans, Jacksonville and Richmond are the only Southern cities to have ever had a rate of over 75 per 100k. Richmond and New Orleans, in fact, have both done it more than once...
Jacksonville??? What year did Jacksonville have a rate that high?
Jacksonville??? What year did Jacksonville have a rate that high?
1927...
Lol not in the modern era. But Richmond and New Orleans both have many years excluded from @funkymonkey's list, although he gives a pretty good summation...
I actually appreciate the OP's desired direction of this thread with regard to it being about raw numbers and not rates. I remember when I was little hearing that 2,000 plus number for New York City and just being shocked. I really don't have the same amount of shock when seeing murder rates.
When Juarez was going through its very violent period in recent years I was similarly more captivated by the sheer numbers in those years, especially the 3,000 figure in its worst year (2010). The murder rates in those years were astronomical for Juarez, but even still, I thought more in terms of how many killings there were in a day. There were an average of 8 killings a day in Juarez in its worst year.
Sheer numbers are less abstract and really make me think about all the people who have died violent deaths much more than a murder rate does.
I'll go ahead and contribute Albuquerque's worst-ever total to this thread. It was 70 murders in 1996.
But why limit yourself to just total, raw numbers? That's a fairly quick way to end the thread, and fairly boring as well (your question has already been mostly answered by funkymonkey). The per capita listings add a new angle to the discussion, and give these murders more context.
Because the raw numbers gives as much context or more than rate. The rate have to be calculated off the incidents & population, which means no incidents then no rate obviously. The counter argument boils down to Total with generally all big cities (100K +) contribute large cases while the higher rates goes to those cities with lesser population then the bigger ones with higher incidents. Also when people see these rates , they tend to go down the "If" theory ( If this city had this rate then the total would be xxxx). In layman terms , You tell someone the rate then they scratching their head but tell them the basic total then it be clearer. Jackson have 31 per 100K vs Chicago's 10 per 100K, so Jackson is more cautious? No both are cautious but Chicago is 400+ vs Jackson's 50+ . Yeah the rate doesn't show the depth of incidents. Again , My opinion.
I should have said in the post, but you can see from the linked spreadsheet that this is data from 1985-2012. I guess older data might be available but as far as I know it's harder to process easily.
I seen the spreadsheet and the data that's harder are pre 60s. Generally I search google using "peak" or "highest" for the specific city and news archive too. Overall not too shabby.
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