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An analysis of recent data released by the department shows more than half of all violent crimes occur in only 8% of city blocks from January 2022 to last month .
One hundred and ninety-six city blocks contributed to 6,888 of these violent crimes, averaging 35 per city block.Most are clustered in downtown Phoenix and run northward along Interstate 17 until Cactus Road.The city block with the highest number of violent crimes by far is the location of Phoenix’s zone encampment, an area riddled with crime that ABC15 has covered extensively.Overall trends of violent crime in Phoenix are up.
Homicides saw the largest increase at 39%. Aggravated assaults, the most frequently reported violent crime, rose 14%. Rape and robberies are both down 3% compared to five years ago.
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