1,288,457; 214 homicides (16.60 murder rate) Philadelphia: pop. 1,576,251; 516 homicides (32.73 murder rate) St. Louis: pop. 1,290,497; 292 homicides (22.63 murder rate) Suddenly, “St. Louis” doesn’t look so bad. Top Five U.S. Cities with the Highest Number of Murders in ...
Rising St. Louis Homicides Put Focus on Housing ProjectChristine ByersDenise Hollinshed
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The new year is off to a bloody start in St. Louis, with five people shot to death on New Year's Day. Three of the victims were killed in one incident. Police were called shortly after midnight to an intersection in the Benton Park neighborhood, where the victims ...
St. Louis experienced a 21 percent reduction in homicides (158 in 2023 compared to 200 in 2022), the lowest murder rate in a decade and one of the biggest year-over-year reductions in violent crime in 90 years," read thestatementfrom Jones' office. ...
St. Louisrecorded 200 homicides in 2022, 201 in 2021, and 263 in 2020, according to data published by the St. Louis Police Department. The city often has one of the highest murder rates in the nation, alongside cities such as Chicago and Baltimore. ...
27 Homicides in St. Louis Area in First Month of 2018, Three Fewer Than Last YearIn the first month of 2018, 27 people were killed in the St. Louis area.Shootings account for a...O'Dea, Janelle
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's governor would play a major role in St. Louis policing and prosecution under a bill praised by Republicans as a way to fight crime and criticized by Democrats as an attempt to take away local control from the Black-
As Homicides Soar, St. Louis Police Complain about Judges, ProsecutorsST. LOUIS * The city's soaring homicide numbers and climbing rateof other crimes have left...Byers, Christine
Louis as the murder capital of America as the city sees a 141% increase in homicides when compared to recent years. According to data from the Metropolitan Crime Commission, an organization that tracks crime and also tries to bring it down, there have been 52 homicides per 100,000 residents...
ST. LOUIS * Four people were shot dead in St. Louis overnightWednesday, bringing the grim tally...reports, From