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Dallas rocked by surging homicides as police department slashes services
In 2020, Dallas had 251 homicides. The highest number since 1995. 2021 was immediately off to a violent start with three homicides on the first three days of the year. Despite the rising crime, Dallas […]
Crime
Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Vancouver saw homicides increase by 47% to 189% in 2020
Update: Some of the official 2020 homicide counts have risen since we first published this report. Correction: 1993 was not the deadliest year for Portland, 1987 was. In the largest cities in the Pacific Northwest, […]
Crime
FBI: 55.9% of known homicide suspects in 2019 were black
This data comes from the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division 2019 is the most recent year that data has been released. The FBI reported information on 16,245 Murder/Non-negligent […]