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One of the highest totals in the city's history. Only 4 shy of the record set in the 1975. In the 00's, the city had an average 7-10 murders a year, but as of recently it has been averaging 16-20. Throughout 80's-90's it stayed consistently around 8-12 murders a year; 1991 at 14 murders is basically the low-end average of the last 5 years in Hampton. To my knowledge, 2015-present is Hampton's deadliest period ever, but it could be the 70's as it is difficult to get data on that to verify.
Newport News, VA - 24 (13.2/100k)
Seems to be the magic number. It's literally had 24-25 for 5 years straight. Usually it's always higher than Hampton, but not this time. It is still far more violent overall and the violent crime rate has drastically risen, which is more of concern.
Portsmouth, VA - 35 (37.3/100k)
Inching closer to the record set in 92, and has officially recorded its highest murder rate in history. By far the most violent city in Virginia now. At least 3-4 teens have been shot and killed on Elm Ave alone this year, in the Prentis Park area. It was reported several years ago that around 30% of all violent crime in Portsmouth happened in this small 1-mile radius surrounding Elm Ave. As Portsmouth has a violent crime rate of 920/100k, for such a small area to bear 30% of all that is ridiculous.
Norfolk, VA - 56 (23.5/100k)
Much higher than usual for Norfolk, but still a far cry from the numbers put up during the 90's that were in the 70-80 range. Some high profile incidents happened, notably the kid who shot five and killed three women in the soon-to-be demolished Young Terrace projects for what appeared to be some sort of jealous rage.
One of the highest totals in the city's history. Only 4 shy of the record set in the 1975. In the 00's, the city had an average 7-10 murders a year, but as of recently it has been averaging 16-20. Throughout 80's-90's it stayed consistently around 8-12 murders a year; 1991 at 14 murders is basically the low-end average of the last 5 years in Hampton. To my knowledge, 2015-present is Hampton's deadliest period ever, but it could be the 70's as it is difficult to get data on that to verify.
Newport News, VA - 24 (13.2/100k)
Seems to be the magic number. It's literally had 24-25 for 5 years straight. Usually it's always higher than Hampton, but not this time. It is still far more violent overall and the violent crime rate has drastically risen, which is more of concern.
Portsmouth, VA - 35 (37.3/100k)
Inching closer to the record set in 92, and has officially recorded its highest murder rate in history. By far the most violent city in Virginia now. At least 3-4 teens have been shot and killed on Elm Ave alone this year, in the Prentis Park area. It was reported several years ago that around 30% of all violent crime in Portsmouth happened in this small 1-mile radius surrounding Elm Ave. As Portsmouth has a violent crime rate of 920/100k, for such a small area to bear 30% of all that is ridiculous.
Norfolk, VA - 56 (23.5/100k)
Much higher than usual for Norfolk, but still a far cry from the numbers put up during the 90's that were in the 70-80 range. Some high profile incidents happened, notably the kid who shot five and killed three women in the soon-to-be demolished Young Terrace projects for what appeared to be some sort of jealous rage.
Is Stuart Gardens still considered a rough area? I remember in that Allen Iverson 30 for 30 documentary on ESPN they were driving through there and talking about the number of Iverson's friends that died young to violence. The guy being interviewed said he probably lost more than that living in Stuart Gardens.
It's a near certainty that 2021 will be the 33rd year in row which the murder rate in Louisiana was the highest among the nation's states. The reason why it rings true is about what couldn't be said in any particular year from 1989-2020, can already be said of 2021, which is Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Shreveport with murder rates in excess of 45 per 100k.
What about some of the smaller Louisiana cities like Lake Charles, Lafayette, Monroe, Alexandria, etc.? I'm sure they are not fairing much better, especially Lake Charles but curious to see.
Philly is way beyond 1990 numbers though; 1990, the former record year of Philly homicides was 500.
As of 12/9/21, Philly has 524 homicides...and counting.
2020 was Philly putting up 1990 figures when it had 499...missed a tie by 1 and a new record by 2, and 2021 isn't ending with a 500-ish figure by a long shot.
2021 is the new unacceptable record, that, at today's rate, will fall around 555-ish for the year-end total.
Yes it’s unacceptable because we have super technology that we didn’t have 30 years ago.
But than again,it’s probably a plan to bring in total recall & population control..
City of Dallas reported 201 homicides through 11/30/21, down 12.2% with violent crime overall down YTD 8.5%. City's population is around 1,350,000.
I think someone also posted about Austin setting record with 82 murders through 11/30. Keep in mind the record, set in 1984, was for a city of about 460,000 residents. Austin in now a city of near or at 1 million residents. The rate was 13.2 per 100,000 back then, compared with the current rate, as of Monday 12/12/21, of 8.5.
Last edited by walker1962; 12-14-2021 at 12:37 PM..
Reason: adding in per capita rate...
At least 12 major U.S. cities have broken annual homicide records in 2021 -- and there's still three weeks to go in the year.
Of the dozen cities that have already surpassed the grim milestones for k*llings, five topped records that were set or tied just last year.
"It's terrible to every morning get up and have to go look at the numbers and then look at the news and see the stories. It's just crazy. It's just crazy and this needs to stop," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said after his city surpassed its annual homicide record of 500, which stood since 1990.
Philadelphia, a city of roughly 1.5 million people, has had more homicides this year (521 as of Dec. 6) than the nation's two largest cities, New York (443 as of Dec. 5) and Los Angeles (352 as of Nov. 27). That's an increase of 13% from 2020, a year that nearly broke the 1990 record.
Chicago, the nation's third-largest city, leads the nation with 739 homicides as of the end of November, up 3% from 2020, according to Chicago Police Department crime data. Chicago's deadliest year remains 1970 when there were 974 homicides.
Cities that broke homicides records this year
Louisville KY
Portland OR
Philadelphia PA
ST Paul MN
Tucson AZ
Albuquerque NM
Austin TX
Baton Rouge LA
Indianapolis IN
Toledo OH
Rochester NY
Columbus OH
Austin has one more murder than in 1984 through 11 months but the city's population has more than doubled when the old record was set, so the per capita rate is actually 50% lower than 37 years ago.
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