Many of the nation's biggest cities have seen a significant decline in the homicide rate through the first five months of the year, according to a research firm.
New Orleans-based AH Datalytics found that the homicide rate has fallen roughly 12% nationwide when compared with the first five months of 2022.
The firm, which references publicly available police data, shows that Chicago has seen a 5% drop in killings, while New York City has seen a nearly 14% decline in homicides. Stark drop-offs also were recorded in Philadelphia , Los Angeles and Houston . The trend also includes mid-sized cities that typically struggle with crime, such as Baltimore , Detroit and St. Louis .
New Orleans — which had the highest murder rate in the country last year — has seen a 15% drop in its number of recorded homicides through May. “The current downward shift in murder may reverse between now and December, and even if it doesn’t, it may ultimately prove to be a one-year anomaly,” crime analyst Jeff Asher, who compiled the report, wrote in The Atlantic on Monday. “But whatever the causes, and whatever the staying power, the first five months of 2023 have produced an encouraging overall trend for the first time in years.
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