Posted on 10/02/2020 2:16:25 PM PDT by simpson96
CHICAGO -- Violence in Chicago continued to decline with the cooler weather in September, but shootings and murders have spiked 50% since last year, according to police statistics released Thursday.
In a statement, the Chicago Police Department touted several violence metrics that show decreasing violence; but several of those numbers either compared month-to-month improvements or excluded gun violence.
For instance, shootings and murders fell 19% from August to September, according to CPD. And overall crime - including murder, sex assault, robbery, battery, burglary and theft - fell 7% compared with 2019.
But the year-to-year comparison of shooting and murder numbers shows a grimmer assessment of city crime trends.
CPD has logged 588 murders this year through Sept. 31, while the city saw 392 murders during the same time in 2019 - a 50% increase. The city recorded 496 killings in all of 2019.
Chicago already has recorded more murders than it did in the same time in 2016 - one of the most violent years in recent memory. And the gun violence in 2020 has fallen heavily on children. Six children under 10 years old have been killed this year alone.
In 2020, Chicago police have recorded 3,110 shooting victims citywide, compared with 1,999 victims during the same time in 2019 - a 55% increase.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...
How does a 50% increase in murders mean violence "cooled" in September?
Murder rate down just as the “Rona Destroyer” makes the scene! Coincidence or not?
What morons the left are.
Indeed.
Thanks for the link.
If you checked it everyday you’d never go to Chicago! That’s supposed to be the safe side...the north side!
84 homicides and 325 shot and wounded in September.
65 homicides and 430 wounded in August.
Shootings down 19% or are the ferals are benefiting from the increase in this year’s range time?
Aggravated Battery and Vehicle Theft are each up 5% in September over August.
But crime is down.
Must have been a huge drop in jaywalking, loitering, and littering in September.
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