Crime Stats for the Week From Metropolitan Crime Commission...
Some improvement; we'll take what we can get
As of April 23, 2023:Â
Homicide Victims: 86
Nine homicide victims in the past week, including 5 in a single day (April 20th).
Nonetheless, we are still 5% lower than in 2022, when we had seen 91 homicides at this time.
Nonfatal Shooting Incidents: 141
There have been approximately 197 victims of nonfatal gunshot injuries in 2023, though this number is subject to change as investigations progress.
Note: At the same time in 2022, there had been 150 shooting incidents and approximately 211 nonfatal shooting victims.Â
Carjacking Incidents: 62
Carjacking incidents are down 47% relative to 2022 – this is the biggest drop we have seen in any violent crime category since 2022.
Should be noted that the considerable decrease in carjacking coincides with a large (157%) increase in auto theft.
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Armed Robbery: 153
Reported armed robbery is down 8% relative to 2022.
Eleven armed robberies reported last week vs. 15 during the same week in 2022.
*Armed robbery continues to show a great deal of stability, across both weeks (Weeks 1-16) and years (2019-2023).
In 2022, there were 1,030 reported auto thefts as of April 23th.
There have been at least 2,640 reported auto thefts to date in 2023, an increase of 157% since 2022.Â
This is an average of 23 stolen cars per day.
As always, we are very grateful to the Metropolitan Crime Commission for their weekly statistics.