Um... let's put this into perspective. The murder rate average in the developed world is around 1 murder per 100,000 people per year. Some countries are safer (Japan is around 0.3), some are a bit more dangerous (Canada was at 1.7 in 2015), but 1 is a good guideline.
Little Rock has 198,000 people. To be in-line with the developed-world average, it should have no more than 2 murders per year. Instead, it's already up to #36. And it's not even August...
My little town of about 10,000 had it’s first murder ever a couple of weeks ago. Police caught the guy pretty quickly.
What can I say. It is reported that there are at least 70 vacancies at the PD. That may be a factor also. And year we seen to be on track for about 75 murders this year. But let me say that most of those murders are gang related and in a certain geographical location. Absent that the murder rate would be much lower.
Chicago I 400 plus.