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Murders, shootings increase in Detroit in first quarter of 2017
This article here is saying they were already at 66 by March 26? It's hard to keep track on what the real number is when cities don't have a well laid out page for homicides like Baltimore, Chicago, Memphis etc.
Murders, shootings increase in Detroit in first quarter of 2017
This article here is saying they were already at 66 by March 26? It's hard to keep track on what the real number is when cities don't have a well laid out page for homicides like Baltimore, Chicago, Memphis etc.
It actually is kind of confusing. I don't think DPD is counting the number of victims in each incident but count each incident as a singular criminal offence.
For instance, during that week of March, a suspect, was charged with 3 counts of murder and aggravated assault after shooting 4 people and killing 3 of them. DPD lists that as one homicide offense.
Earlier in that week, a fire broke out at an apartment building. 5 people died. It was later determined to be arson committed by one of the residents. He was then charged with 5 counts of murder, however, DPD still listed the incident as an arson and not a homicide or homicides.
So wherever that article got its source from, it probably counts the number of victims in each incident rather than what the incident was classified under.
However, that's still problematic because there was also a fatal drunk driving accident that same week in which the driver was charged with murder, but doesn't count as murder in either sources. So is it 9, 8, 3, or 2?
It actually is kind of confusing. I don't think DPD is counting the number of victims in each incident but count each incident as a singular criminal offence.
For instance, during that week of March, a suspect, was charged with 3 counts of murder and aggravated assault after shooting 4 people and killing 3 of them. DPD lists that as one homicide offense.
Earlier in that week, a fire broke out at an apartment building. 5 people died. It was later determined to be arson committed by one of the residents. He was then charged with 5 counts of murder, however, DPD still listed the incident as an arson and not a homicide or homicides.
So wherever that article got its source from, it probably counts the number of victims in each incident rather than what the incident was classified under.
However, that's still problematic because there was also a fatal drunk driving accident that same week in which the driver was charged with murder, but doesn't count as murder in either sources. So is it 9, 8, 3, or 2?
Wow! I know they have the same method in Chicago. It doesn't help anyone. I know St.Louis counts every single homicide. That is why I dont like rankings and comparing. It isn't all apples to apples.
Yeah, but this forum also generally focuses on cities themselves and the urbanity so the average urbanite will be living in the city limits and not the suburbs so crime rates of cities do in fact matter especially since they generally hold the lion share of violent crime anyway.
I would say the focus is on the metro area or at least urbanized area, not the city limits which are generally seen as arbitrary. Except of course in cases like this where it makes certain areas look safer than they actually are.
I would say the focus is on the metro area or at least urbanized area, not the city limits which are generally seen as arbitrary. Except of course in cases like this where it makes certain areas look safer than they actually are.
Homicide, robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, vehicle theft and arson are all up considerably in Charlotte. A murder just happened a couple hours ago.
Charlotte homicides (yearly total):
2014: 44
2015: 60
2016: 68
2017: 37 YTD (on track for about 90, potentially 100)
Last edited by joeyg2014; 06-04-2017 at 05:19 PM..
Adjusting for the newly-released 2016 population estimate of 303,625 the city's 2017 homicide rate is now 7.9/100,000 residents, which is barely lower than Philadelphia.
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