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Providence, RI 8
Pawtucket, RI 2
Bridgeport, CT 7
New Haven, CT 11
New Bedford, MA 1
Middletown, CT 2
Norwalk, CT 1
New Bedford, MA 1
Waterbury, CT 3
NJ/NY update
Newark 18
Paterson 10
Trenton 8
Atlantic City 3
Elizabeth 2
Jersey City 10
Rochester, NY 22
Pittsburgh, PA 26
Newark is an urban, relatively poor city that is mostly black and Hispanic, yet their homicide rate is under control. Last year, they had 51 homicides, which works out to a rate of about 18/100K, on par with Pittsburgh. The city leaders of St Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Birmingham, Cleveland, KC, etc would be doing backflips in joy if they had the same homicide rate as Newark. I wonder what they're doing right....
Newark is an urban, relatively poor city that is mostly black and Hispanic, yet their homicide rate is under control. Last year, they had 51 homicides, which works out to a rate of about 18/100K, on par with Pittsburgh. The city leaders of St Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Birmingham, Cleveland, KC, etc would be doing backflips in joy if they had the same homicide rate as Newark. I wonder what they're doing right....
Some a answers that are key to many cities lowering crime and changing demographics despite fighting it sometimes. Proximity to might NYC is now a blessing for some aspects, perhaps not others....
From this link.
- Newark is undergoing an economic and real estate boom, but Mayor Ras Baraka says he doesn't want gentrification to force out low-income residents, saying "Newark must not become another Brooklyn."
The city's growth is evident with all the new construction in downtown alone, including new condos, corporate stores and restaurants.
Another recent link on the Newark Police Dept.
Title: No Shots Fired: How Newark, New Jersey, Is Making Police Reform History
From the link.
- In 2020 the police in Newark, New Jersey, did not fire one shot in the line of duty. This dramatic statistic underlines the recent changes in a city once known for crime and a contentious relationship between officers and residents over a period of a continuous drop in violent offenses since 2015. In 2019 Newark had the lowest murder rate it had seen in six decades, and so far this year only one shot has been fired by an on-duty officer.
- Newark has been able to fight crime and gun violence with community intervention instead of police. These changes began in 2014 after a federal consent decree was issued following a Justice Department investigation that concluded that there was a pattern and practice of unconstitutional policing by the Newark police department, as well as a pattern of racial bias during traffic stops.
- 2014 the city had 117 murders, down 38 percent from that every year, the lowest reported crime in 50 years. 10-20 years ago we had twice the cops twice the resources, and twice the crime. Now we have less police, less resources, and less crime.
- With community policing and police accountability, Newark’s success with reform has many saying it should be a new standard.
So there has been a more Perfect Storm that has aided crime drop for Newark. Both play a roll as with many areas around NYC that change the direction they were in for decades. Investment and perhaps other means of dealing with situation that it were dealt with for decades that have been changing now for this past decade and perhaps speeding up. Near NYC and a important location therefore in its trajectory of even some outward movement of NYC residents have it clearly now on their radar and still in metro NYC.
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Newark is an urban, relatively poor city that is mostly black and Hispanic, yet their homicide rate is under control. Last year, they had 51 homicides, which works out to a rate of about 18/100K, on par with Pittsburgh. The city leaders of St Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Birmingham, Cleveland, KC, etc would be doing backflips in joy if they had the same homicide rate as Newark. I wonder what they're doing right....
NYC money spreading west of Hudson River so Jersey City and Newark in stages of gentrification. Chicago might have chance in future for lower rates due it is world class city Baltimore as well I can see turn around due to close location to D.C. You have cities like Detroit, St Louis, KC is bit tough it not close enough to NYC, LA, Chicago, Seattle, Miami kinda of city.
NYC money spreading west of Hudson River so Jersey City and Newark in stages of gentrification. Chicago might have chance in future for lower rates due it is world class city Baltimore as well I can see turn around due to close location to D.C. You have cities like Detroit, St Louis, KC is bit tough it not close enough to NYC, LA, Chicago, Seattle, Miami kinda of city.
You would think it'll push them out to places like East Orange and Irvington and make those areas even worse, but they are also decreasing dramatically in violence; especially Irvington. It used to be up there with Camden as one of the worst cities in NJ, now it's a complete 180. An often overlooked success story on the East coast. Irvington was ROUGH.
New York City 150
Los Angeles 130
Philly 196----on track for 480-520
Baltimore 116
Dallas 75
Chicago 219
Houston 136
Oakland 51
Saint Louis 71
Atlanta 48
Memphis 90
San Francisco 13
Milwaukee 65
Indianapolis 95
Columbus, OH 73
Portland, Ore 31
Louisville 68
Richmond, VA 21 ?
Denver 21 ?
Nashville 45
New Orleans 79
Fresno, Cali 31
Birmingham 45
Jackson, MS 52
Winston-Salem 12---7 same time last year
Montgomery, AL 27
Dayton, OH 8
Greensboro, NC 18 ?
Youngstown, OH 8----there been 34 shooting so far this year compare to 26 last year with 10 being fatal.
Toledo, OH 22
Buffalo, New York 27
Fayetteville, NC 16
Tempe, AZ 6
St. Petersburg, FL 16 so far this year and total for entire 2020 was 15
Iowa City 2
You would think it'll push them out to places like East Orange and Irvington and make those areas even worse, but they are also decreasing dramatically in violence; especially Irvington. It used to be up there with Camden as one of the worst cities in NJ, now it's a complete 180. An often overlooked success story on the East coast. Irvington was ROUGH.
Paterson and Trenton been getting worst. Jersey City, Plainfield, Atlantic City seeing upstick in crime this year.
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