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Yes, violent crime is up - but don't expect the spike to last
Gun violence and homicides, the rarest forms of violent crime, have been surging across the US sinc…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Despite lockdown orders, murder rates are rising in cities across America
Homicides in Nashville have spiked 233% during the pandemic. Houston, New York, and other cities ha…
Rav Arora
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Despite a majority of Americans believing crime is on the rise, figures suggest the homicide rate dropped nearly 13 per cent in 2023
The predicted largest one-year drop on record in homicides, contradicts US public concerns about ri…
Rebecca Rommen
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Body found in barrel at Lake Mead could be first of many grim discoveries due to extreme drought and receding water levels
Las Vegas Metro police homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said there's "a very good chance" more bodies will …
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Here Are The Homicide Rates For Countries Around The World
The Americas also has a high rate of gun deaths compared to other regions. Europe, on the other han…
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Miami went 7 weeks without a homicide. It's the longest gap between murders in the city since 1957.
Residents in the city of Miami have been ordered to stay at home since March 24 as part of a city-w…
Connor Perrett
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Mexico had its most homicides in decades in 2017 - and 2018 is off to a gruesome start
Femicides, the killing of women for reasons related to gender, have also increased, according to st…
Christopher Woody
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Killings of black men by white people are the most likely to be considered 'justifiable homicides'
The report puts white-on-black, justifiable homicides that have made recent headlines into stark pe…
Leanna Garfield
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The US Has Had The Western World's Worst Rate Of Homicide For At Least 60 Years
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently published a book called "How Was…
Andy Kiersz
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Homicides in Mexico fell in October, but the deadly trend is clear to see
Home to the once idyllic resort city of Acapulco, Guerrero has long been a major production area an…
Christopher Woody
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Mexico's bloodshed keeps getting worse - homicides hit a new high for the 3rd month in a row
It's thought regional groups, including the Guerreros Unidos gang involved in the disappearance of …
Christopher Woody
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Homicides are on the rise in Mexico after years of decline, and it's the result of a new criminal dynamic
In that state, the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), generally considere…
Christopher Woody
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2 maps reveal the hotspots driving Mexico's worsening violence
Mexico's rise in homicides this year is driven by a few violent hotspots, writes James Bosworth, au…
James Bosworth, Latin America…
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Homicides have hit a new high in Mexico - but that's not the only sign of growing insecurity
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has faced mounting criticism over crime rates that have steadi…
Christopher Woody
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More retail workers than law-enforcement officers were killed in homicides on the job for 6 years in a row
Part of the reason the total number of retail workers murdered is comparable to that of more stereo…
Kate Taylor
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An Illinois teen was charged with reckless homicide after police said they tried to 'go airborne' while driving, killing 4 passengers in the car
Four teenagers died in a car crash on Saturday in Hickory Hills, Illinois, after their car went air…
Lauren Frias
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A hunter who walked away after shooting a teen watching the sunset is charged with homicide
Prosecutors said Kenneth Troy Heller walked away after shooting a teenager who was watching the sun…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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The teen accused of killing her older sister had reportedly described 'suicidal and homicidal' thoughts to a witness
Claire Miller is charged with homicide in her sister's case. Previously, TikTok removed Miller's su…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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This Map Shows Which States Have More Deaths By Homicides And Which Have More Deaths By Accident
Data visualization whiz Seth Kadish of the excellent Vizual Statistix Tumblr used CDC data to figur…
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Homicides in Mexico have reached a grisly milestone
The Zetas, who broke from the Gulf cartel to form their own criminal organization, have been behind…