HOMICIDES UP 24% IN 50 LARGEST U.S. CITIES

Key Points:

  • A Wall Street Journal analysis of crime statistics among the nation’s 50 largest cities found that homicides were up 24% so far this year.
  • The chart above shows the percentage change in total homicides in 2020 compared with 2019 in the 15 largest U.S. cities
  • Austin, Chicago, and Fort Worth have seen the highest increase in homicides in 2020.
  • Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York have the highest number of homicides in 2020.
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