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Sure, but the increase in the murder rate in 2020 wasn't a spike in a single city, it was a spike nationwide.

• jeffbee 6y ago
  Right, it just doesn't seem that dramatic in context. They are saying a 13% year-over-year bump in the homicide rate is the greatest ever recorded, but there was an 11% bump from 2014-2015 and 10% from 2015 to 2016, according to the FBI UCR. So 13% is the highest but is it really such a shocking figure?
  • leereeves 6y ago
    AIUI, it's not saying that the increase in 2020 was only 13%, merely that 13% would be the largest increase in 50 years. We'll have to wait and see what the final figure is, but the midyear figure in the article is much higher: > Murder up 36.7% in 57 agencies with data through at least September (though most have data through November). (Note: I have no idea if Jeff Asher is a credible source, but NPR seems to think so.)