I figured after yesterday's shootings on U Street it might be worth taking a peak at the homicide stats to see where we stand. We're still doing fairly well, and can expect to come in under last year's number (which was the lowest it had been since the mid-1960s). If we continue at the present rate we can expect to see 132 homicides this year, that would be the same as 1964 (interestingly, only 95 people were murdered in the District in 1963), and as indicated below, an 8% drop from 2009.
Homicide Count as of September 29, 2010 |
This Year | Last Year | Percent Change |
92 | 100 | -8% |
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
143 | 186 | 181 | 169 | 196 | 198 | 248 | 262 | 232 | 242 |
| |
1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 |
241 | 260 | 301 | 397 | 361 | 399 | 454 | 443 | 479 | 472 |
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For those of us who like graphs...
for those of us who like maps
http://burgersub.org/murders2010.htm
Sad to think somewhere around 40 more people will be murdered by the end of the year. And that will be an 8% improvement from last year.
interesting that murder went up when fenty was elected.
Look at those numbers in the 90s. Now THAT was the time to buy!
@anon 2:57 it looks to me that there was on a slight spike than the numbers are slopping down. Fenty is still in office, so let's have a look at the numbers when Gray has been in for a couple of years.
It's worth keeping in mind that the absolute totals are only part of the story. When you take into account the fact that DC's population has been increasing over the past decade or so, the more important stat -- annual homicides/1000 residents -- would show an even more pronounced downward trend.
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