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Atlanta - 30.5
Houston - 15.2
New Orleans - 12.8
St. Louis - 9.6
Baltimore - 8.5
Washington DC - 8.2
Chicago - 7.1
Detroit - 6.2
Philadelphia - 6 1
NYC - 3.7
DC
Peaked in 1974, 277 homicides for a 38.31 rate; bottomed in 1976 with 188 homicides and a 26.78 rate. 70s decade average was 227/31.62
Bmore
Baltimore peaked in 1972 with a rate of 37.41 on 330 homicides; bottomed 1977 at 20.8 on 171 homicides. 70s decade average was 252/29.76
RVA
Richmond peaked in 1972 with a rate of 36.48 on 89 homicides; bottomed in 1976 with 21.98 rate on 51 homicides. 70s decade average was 64/27.18
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All three cities peaked in the 70s within two points of each other. DC had the consistently highest totals but overall all three finished within 4.5 points of each other, for the decade most violent going 1 DC, 2 Bmore, 3 Rich...
DC had the highest rate in 7 of the 10 years in the 70s, with Baltimore having the high rate twice ('72, '79) and Richmond having the highest rate once ('77). Neither city cracked 40 per 100k in the 70s, but DC and Bmore cracked 30+ five times apiece, with Rich doing it once...
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DC
Peaked in 1989 with a 71.85 rate on 434 homicides; bottomed in 1985 with a 23.48 rate on 147 homicides. 80s decade average was 234/37.68
Bmore
Baltimore peaked in 1989 at a rate of 35.31 on 262 murders; bottomed in 1983 with 201 murders and a 26.04 rate. 80s decade average was 226/29.62
RVA
Richmond peaked in 1989 with 102 homicides and a 49.76 rate; bottomed in 1980 with 58 murders and a 26.48 rate. 80s decade average was 78/37.09
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Interesting note on the 80s. Baltimore on the whole was a tick safer than in the 70s and never got close to 40/100k, and never led these three in highest rate in the 80s. DC had the highest rate in 1980, 1981, 1988, and 1989, declined in murders four straight years 1982-85, then proceeded to triple its homicide total in the span of just four years between 1985 and 1989...
DC had a 70/100 year, a 50/100 year, and five 30+ years. '88 and '89 were massive leaps that skewed the decade, otherwise DC was close to its 70s totals as well...
Richmond led all three in homicide rate for six straight years from 1982 to 1987. Barely missed a 50 year with its peak in '89, but still had three 40+ years and three 30+ years...
DC
Peaked in 1991 with 482 homicides and an 80.6 rate; bottomed in 1999 at 241 homicides and a 46.44 rate. 90s decade average was 381/67.33
Bmore
Baltimore peaked in 1993 at a 50.28 rate on 353 murders; bottomed in 1991 at 304 homicides and a 42.28 rate. 90s decade average was 320/45.6
RVA
Richmond peaked in 1994 with 160 homicides and a 79.6 rate; bottomed in 1999 with 74 homicides and a 37.19 rate. 90s decade average was 116/57.43
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So, 2010s Baltimore (44.92 decade average) is basically on par with 1990s Baltimore, just barely behind. Baltimore didn't have a year in the 90s that it had a higher rate than the other two. It cracked its only 50/100k year in '93, until 2015, and with 2020 Baltimore has now hit its sixth consecutive year of 50+ homicide rate, which is gonna tie in well to information I'm about to share about DC and Richmond. Baltimore has still never recorded a 60/100k year...
Richmond led this group of cities in homicide rate in '94 and '97, when I believe both years it was murder capital of the nation. Rich went eight consecutive years with a 50+ homicide rate, from 1990-1997, barely missing a decade straight (49.76 in '89, 48.45 in '98). The decade average of 57.43 is one of the highest of any sizable city ever. Also cracked 60+ in '97, just barely missed 80/100k in '94, and was 48+ in every year of the 90s in every year except '99 (37.19)...
90s Washington DC is quite possibly the most dangerous city in American history. No large, sizable city has posted a 67+ decade rate. To my recollection New Orleans is the only other city that has even had a decade over 60. The level of violence DC experienced is completely unprecedented and well, well documented: posted an 80 year ('91); five 70 years in the 90s; six consecutive 70+ years (1989-1994); eight consecutive 60+ years (1989-1996); a decade of 50+ years (1988-1997); and a dozen years of 40+ (1988-1999)...
To my point back in the other thread, present day Baltimore is certainly **** poor in terms of managing violent crime, but is magnified due to the era we live in. Modern Bmore is basically stuck in the 90s (as is St Louis), when a host of other cities were putting up truly historic numbers back then. Present day Baltimore is not particularly close to the peak levels of violence and destruction Richmond and DC put up at their peak worst...
Last decade I'm documenting is the 00s, then maybe the 10s just to illustrate how Bmore's reputation as an ultra violent city coincides with Rich and DC's resurrection and quelling violence...
1. NYC - 390
2. Chicago - 365
3. Los Angeles - 154
4. Philadelphia - 150
5. Detroit - 150
6. Houston - 113
7. Baltimore - 107
8. Dallas - 91
9. Cleveland - 84
10. Washington DC - 81
Homicides Rate of the Highest Totals 1960
Dallas - 13.4
Houston - 12
Baltimore - 11.3
Washington DC - 10.6
Chicago - 10.4
Cleveland - 9.5
Detroit - 9.3
Philadelphia - 7.5
Los Angeles - 6.4
NYC - 5
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