Maine
Maine homicides surge in 2022
Maine has one of the lowest homicide rates of any state in the USA. It is also one of the Whitest states. The latest census estimate shows that Maine is still 92.5% White. However, Whites are […]
Reports
Black Lives Matter
Black female homicide death rate surged in 2020 and 2021
The nationwide George Floyd riots, and the rush to adopt new “social justice” policies for law enforcement and the judicial system, corresponds with a wild surge in Black female homicide victimization rates. Meanwhile, White and […]
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh’s Black homicide rate is 17 times that of non-Blacks
The Pittsburgh police department stopped providing data on the race of crime suspects to the FBI after 2019. The state of Pennsylvania also does not provide data on the race of suspects. Surprisingly, the Allegheny […]
Minnesota
Minnesota homicide total/rate from 1936-2021
The highest homicide rate in Minnesota’s history was in 1995. The media attributes it to a “Crack War.” Minnesota was 2.2% Black in 1990 and 3.5% Black in 2000. The following data is from the 1995 […]
Minnesota
A racial break-down of all St. Paul homicides in 2021
St. Paul, Minnesota had 38 official non-negligent homicides in 2021. Here is a list of the victims. We looked up the races of the suspects and victims. St. Paul is 51% White, 19% Asian, 16% […]
Portland
Portland sets new record for highest homicide rate in city history
In 1987, there was a wild spike in homicides in Portland. The city experienced 66, for a rate of 14.7 per 100k. There was another smaller spike in 1993, however, homicide rates generally were on […]
Crime
Domestic violence hospital visits have nearly tripled in Cleveland
As nationwide BLM riots raged, homicides, especially Black-on-Black homicides, surged across the country. Cleveland experienced its highest homicide rate in the city’s history that year. Homicides have remained high in 2021 and 2022. A report from […]
Homicide
Lexington, KY sets new record for all time highest homicide rate
Based on the best available data, Lexington has already set a new record for the most homicides and the highest homicide rate of any year in the city’s history (or at least since 1974). Lexington’s […]
MIssouri
Kansas City Homicide Report
Kansas City Homicides: The years 1993 and 2020 are basically a tie for the highest homicide rate in the city’s history. 1993: 153 (434k, 35.25 per 100k) 2019: 151 (496k, 30.4 per 100k) 2020: 179 […]
Homicide
Milwaukee already sets new homicide rate record for the third year in a row
Update: The official homicide total from the Milwaukee police department is 214, for a rate of 37.6 per 100k The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel says the number is 224. Milwaukee has already set a new record for […]