Crime rates in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul suburban area have risen at an alarming rate as violent crime continues to surge in the Twin Cities following the death of George Floyd in 2020, according to a report.
data from recent years on crime in the suburban cities of the Saint Paul-Minneapolis metro areas, finding the communities documented 51 homicides last year, an increase of more than 100 percent compared to the pre-pandemic days of 2019, which saw just 22. Most took place north of the two cities.KARE 11 that the north metro suburbs are the main ones that have seen their crime rates rise since 2020.
One type of crime that has seen a spike is carjackings, which tripled in 2021 compared to pre-pandemic days to 28, based on 22 documentations by suburban police departments, theSharon McWhite, 74, told the publication about her experience of three vehicles belonging to family members being stolen out of her driveway. While crime rates are notably on the uptick in the north, this case occurred in Edina, southwest of Minneapolis.
While the number of recorded carjackings is rising in the suburbs, it pales in comparison to the more than 600 carjackings documented in Minneapolis in 2021. The carjacking rates were accompanied by all-time record homicide numbers in the Twin Cities.
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