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What crime decline? Baltimore had 348 homicides in 2019, 335 in 2020. That's a random fluctuation. Note that Baltimore's crime rate already spiked after the
by SamReidHughes 6y ago
What crime decline? Baltimore had 348 homicides in 2019, 335 in 2020. That's a random fluctuation.
Note that Baltimore's crime rate already spiked after the Freddie Gray's death in 2015 and then maintained that level, so there wasn't any room for double-dip of that phenomenon in June 2020.