The 狐狸视频 mayor's office is celebrating a drop in reported crimes, including numbers that show the number of homicides is on track to be the lowest in a decade.
The city counted 106 homicides through the end of August, down three compared to the same time last year. There were 136 through August 2022, 123 in 2021 and 183 in 2020.
"We have to keep working to bring these numbers down further,鈥 Mayor Tishaura Jones said in a news release Thursday morning.
According to this summer, violent crime nationwide was down 15% compared to last year. Murder is down 26%, and property crime is down 15%.
The total number of homicides in 狐狸视频 has dropped by nearly 40% in the last four years, the mayor's office said in its release. The city had 263 homicides in 2020, 201 in 2021, 200 in 2022 and 160 in 2023.
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Jones cited the work of 狐狸视频 police, other city departments, and "community partners to improve our performance on prevention, intervention and enforcement."
The 2023 homicide count was the lowest since 2014 when the city recorded 159 homicides, Jones said.
Beyond homicides, Jones said the city saw a 2.2% drop in violent crime this August, compared to August last year; a 12% drop in property crimes and a 6% drop in crimes including trespassing and drugs and weapons violations.