At 10.6 homicides per 100,000 residents, Indianapolis’ rate of intentional murder is greater than that of Chicago and several other large, regional U.S. cities, FOX 59 in Indianapolis.
When compared with homicide rates from seven other
cities as of May 19, Indianapolis was firmly in the middle of the pack.
“The statistics you cite for Indianapolis are right
in the middle of the group of cities that we looked at with respect to the
increase from 2019-2020,” said Rick Rosenfeld, a criminology professor at the
University of Missouri-St. Louis, “and the increase from the first quarter 2020
to the increase in the first quarter of the current year, [what it] means is
Indianapolis has had a very sizable increase in homicide now running nearly two
years.”
Monday afternoon, Indianapolis recorded its 102nd homicide
for the year.
In 2020’s record year for homicides, Indianapolis
didn’t hit the triple digit mark until mid-June and didn’t reach that level
until late August in 2019.
Right now, Indianapolis’ homicide rate is roughly
30% higher than a year ago and is statistically on a path to approach 300
homicides for 2021.
“Our city has really gone past the tipping point of
violence that is surging in our community,” said Fraternal Order of Police #86
President Rick Snyder. “Not only are we seeing record-shattering levels of
violence for our city, but when you do that comparative analysis, especially
with other cities like our neighbors to the north, you really get a feel for
the context in which the numbers make more sense.”
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