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Memphis just set its all time homicide record yesterday. 360 homicides, more than NY (9 million people) and LA, absolutely insane. Keep in mind Memphis only has 600k people. The only thing keeping Memphis from turning into Detroit/Gary is Fedex being HQ'd there (By far the city's #1 employer).
Memphis and DC are like the only cities to be INCREASING in homicides.
Memphis just set its all time homicide record yesterday. 360 homicides, more than NY (9 million people) and LA, absolutely insane. Keep in mind Memphis only has 600k people. The only thing keeping Memphis from turning into Detroit/Gary is Fedex being HQ'd there (By far the city's #1 employer).
Memphis and DC are like the only cities to be INCREASING in homicides.
DC's issue relates to the catch and release laws on the books that the DC Mayor and DC Council are trying to correct right now. With Memphis being in Tennessee with much stricter laws than DC, why is the homicide rate so high? That's actually a great questions for most of these cities. What are the laws in Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, etc. etc. etc.? How do they impact safety in these cities?
Last edited by MDAllstar; 11-21-2023 at 11:57 AM..
Memphis just set its all time homicide record yesterday. 360 homicides, more than NY (9 million people) and LA, absolutely insane. Keep in mind Memphis only has 600k people. The only thing keeping Memphis from turning into Detroit/Gary is Fedex being HQ'd there (By far the city's #1 employer).
Memphis and DC are like the only cities to be INCREASING in homicides.
It says 352 homicides as of yesterday and 298 murders. Memphis and Baltimore swapped stats this year with Memphis being where Baltimore was last year and Vice versa
New Orleans- 204| 53
St louis- 144| 51
Memphis- 298| 47.60
Cleveland- 159| 43.32
Baltimore- 239| 42.67
Wash DC-249| 39.15
Are these apples to apples comparisons?
The post above has Memphis at 352 homicides and this at 298. ... a difference of 54.
The Cleveland number of 159 would have to be any "homicide" ... justified, vehicular, etc to be that high.
To me seems like the Memphis 298 is murders where the 159 for Cleveland is all homicides.
Not that Cleveland is much better but the number of murders is probably in the 130s/140s ... and more like 30 over the past 4.5 months compared to 110 over the first 6 months, which is a big turnaround. Went from 60 per 100k pace for the first half down to what may be 20-25 per 100k the second half (if things hold).
The post above has Memphis at 352 homicides and this at 298. ... a difference of 54.
The Cleveland number of 159 would have to be any "homicide" ... justified, vehicular, etc to be that high.
To me seems like the Memphis 298 is murders where the 159 for Cleveland is all homicides.
Not that Cleveland is much better but the number of murders is probably in the 130s/140s ... and more like 30 over the past 4.5 months compared to 110 over the first 6 months, which is a big turnaround. Went from 60 per 100k pace for the first half down to what may be 20-25 per 100k the second half (if things hold).
Good question, I go by criminal homicide/ murders. DC # doesn't include vehicular and justified homicides in their numbers. I don't believe Baltimore, Cleveland, St louis do either but Memphis and NO does.
NO at 185 murders YTD rate 48.68
Cleveland at 140 would be around 38.14 lower than Baltimore and DC
Last edited by boreatwork; 11-22-2023 at 07:54 AM..
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