City Homicide Rates for 2013 (how much, income, stats)

[AaronG1221]

There was a nationwide decline in homicides in cities across the U.S. for 2013. Here are the raw numbers and rates for a few cities around the country and how much they've decreased or increased by. Feel free to add on if you have more info or corrections to any of these numbers.

Homicides/ Rate/ Change from 2012

New York City..............333.................3.9......... .......-20%
Chicago......................415.................. 15..............-16%
Philadelphia.................247.................. 16..............-25.6%
Richmond, VA...............37..................17.6......... ......-12%
Providence, RI..............13...................7.1.......... .....-23%
Boston........................40.................. .6.2...............-31%
Flint............................52............... ....52................-20%
Detroit........................332................ ..47.4.............-13.5%
Oakland.......................92.................. .23.6.............-29.8%
New Orleans................155...................42... ............-21.7%
St. Louis.....................108...................34 ...............-3%
Cleveland.....................84.................. .23.6.............-10.3%
Indianapolis..................142................. .16.8.............-26.7%
Buffalo.........................47................ ...18................-1.2%
Camden........................57.................. .43.7.............-15%
Newark........................111................. .39.7.............+7%
Baltimore......................235................ ..37.9.............+7.3%
Washington DC..............103..................15.9......... ....+17%

Note: Washington D.C.'s increase is mainly due to the Navy Yard Rampage in which 12 people were shot and killed.

[LordHomunculus]

Originally Posted by AaronG1221

Note: Washington D.C.'s increase is mainly due to the Navy Yard Rampage in which 12 people were shot and killed.

I don't think the FBI will count those anyways. The FBI didn't record the killings in Newtown for 2012.

[jacobwilliam77]

Pretty soon we're going to be as safe as Japan.

[nei]

Estimate murder rate by race of victim (per 100k) for NYC:

White non-hispanic: 1.1
Hispanic: 3.4
Black: 9.7
Asian: 1.5

[bradjl2009]

Wow I thought Indianapolis was safer than that.

[Cleverfield]

Originally Posted by AaronG1221

There was a nationwide decline in homicides in cities across the U.S. for 2013. Here are the raw numbers and rates for a few cities around the country and how much they've decreased or increased by. Feel free to add on if you have more info or corrections to any of these numbers.

Homicides/ Rate/ Change from 2012

New York City..............333.................3.9......... .......-20%
Chicago......................415.................. 15..............-16%
Philadelphia.................247.................. 16..............-25.6%
Richmond, VA...............37..................17.6......... ......-12%
Providence, RI..............13...................7.1.......... .....-23%
Boston........................40.................. .6.2...............-31%
Flint............................52............... ....52................-20%
Detroit........................332................ ..47.4.............-13.5%
Oakland.......................92.................. .23.6.............-29.8%
New Orleans................155...................42... ............-21.7%
St. Louis.....................108...................34 ...............-3%
Cleveland.....................84.................. .23.6.............-10.3%
Indianapolis..................142................. .16.8.............-26.7%
Buffalo.........................47................ ...18................-1.2%
Camden........................57.................. .43.7.............-15%
Newark........................111................. .39.7.............+7%
Baltimore......................235................ ..37.9.............+7.3%
Washington DC..............103..................15.9......... ....+17%

Note: Washington D.C.'s increase is mainly due to the Navy Yard Rampage in which 12 people were shot and killed.

I think the conclusion to be drawn here is that heroin is a more mellow drug than crack.

[GatsbyGatz]

Originally Posted by nei

Estimate murder rate by race of victim (per 100k) for NYC:

White non-hispanic: 1.1
Hispanic: 3.4
Black: 9.7
Asian: 1.5

I wonder when this trend will change? Analysts say this trend is caused by disparities of income within black households as well as the high percentage of children in black families being raised by a single parent. I figure that once this trend changes, the US will be remarkably low in crime.

[Bluefox]

I noticed that these are almost all Midwest/Northeast Cities. I'd be interested to see the stats from some more of the Sunbelt cities, several of which have suffered from high homicide rates in recent years.

[Bluefox]

Originally Posted by GatsbyGatz

I wonder when this trend will change? Analysts say this trend is caused by disparities of income within black households as well as the high percentage of children in black families being raised by a single parent. I figure that once this trend changes, the US will be remarkably low in crime.

Well there's the gang factor as well... though maybe that's tied in to what you are saying in a more attenuated way. But I know that in many cities across the US homicides are quite often gang-related.

[nei]

Originally Posted by Bluefox

Well there's the gang factor as well... though maybe that's tied in to what you are saying in a more attenuated way. But I know that in many cities across the US homicides are quite often gang-related.

I think NYC has less of a gang issue than most big cities, at least organized ones. A good portion of the black murders are from petty personal disputes by defensive idiots with guns. 2011 report lists the most common cause as dispute/revenge 38%, then drug 12%. Gang is well down the list but the first two could be gang related at the same time (?)

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloa...der_in_nyc.pdf