Crime Trends: Week of July 11, 2022 After rectifying our homicide list across multiple agencies, we have updated the total number of homicides to 159 as of July 10, 2022. This number includes vehicular, negligent, and justified homicides, but does NOT include individuals who died of remote injuries (i.e., injury sustained pre-2022) -This…
Week of July 5, 2022: Homicides & Shootings Week of July 5, 2022: Carjacking & Armed Robbery
Prosecution Takeaways: as of June 30, 2022
Since last week: 109 new felony arrests, 50 of which were for violent felony charges 82 new screened felony cases, with 44 new accepted felonies 53 new closed felony cases, including 24 felony convictions (13 Guilty as Charged, 11 Guilty of a Lesser Felony)
Violent Felony Summary: A 52% majority of arrests are for violent felony charges (16% domestic, 36% non-domestic) Only 49% of violent felony cases have been accepted for prosecution, largely due to the 30% acceptance rate for domestic violence felonies Only 9% of violent felony cases have resulted in a Guilty as Charged conviction – 29%…
We have had at least 153 homicides to date in 2022, a 139% increase relative to 2019, 51% higher relative to 2021. In the month of June 2022, we lost an average of one person per day to homicide Shooting incidents are now 11% lower relative to 2021, but remain 91% higher relative to 2019…
Rates of both fatal and non-fatal shootings have skyrocketed since 2019 In 2022, over 1/3 of shooting incidents have resulted in at least one fatality This is a substantial increase relative to 2021, when 23% of shooting incidents resulted in a fatality Both 2019 and 2020 had homicide rates at 30% of shooting incidents Bottom…
