Re:Washington, DC police put under federal control, National...
by kevstev on Monday August 11, 2025 @08:18PM
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You are right it's misleading to say DC is at a 30 year low- the data I posted shows that it is actually at a 60 year low.
It's not clear at all that it has an abnormally high homicide rate at all. DC is not even listed on the link you provided- the one I provided has cities of equivalent size.
Re:Washington, DC police put under federal control, National...
by bitshiftfaced on Monday August 11, 2025 @10:48PM
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You can find it in the list under the heading 'Other statistics".
I agree that it would be misleading to judge D.C. based on being at a 30 year low. Of the cities with the highest homicide rates, only Philadelphia has a higher population and rate. It's fair to say that there are other cities close in population. But it's clear that D.C. has a abnormally high homicide rate when compared to all of the other U.S. cities of its size or larger. Even if you only compared it to all other U.S. cities within, say, 100k of population, it's still at a very high percentile.