From January to June this year, the seven largest localities of Hampton Roads have seen 115 homicides — up from 88 the same time last year, a 30% increase. Newport News and Hampton experienced a dip, but homicides have surged in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach and Suffolk, reports The Virginian-Pilot.
— JAB
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Don’t move to Baltimore to escape increasing murder rates. Up here we just experienced the worst murder rate in city history…..and that’s saying something. 179 homicides through June 30, and the news is filled daily with murders adding to that total.
I’m humming “Take me back to old Virginny” daily…..but only in a non-urban setting. Our cities need new leadership and prosecuting attorneys immediately.
And BLM did what to stop black killings during the ‘Summer of Love’……?
Nothing.
I’ve got a nit to pick. The chart shows numbers of homicides within the cities, not the cities’ homicide rates.
For instance, the population of Virginia Beach is 80% higher than the next largest city on the list. So, even with a most-regrettable doubling of the number of homicides in Virginia Beach within the time frames compared, the city’s 2022 (Jan-Jun) homicide rate is the lowest among the seven cities.
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