Posted on April 15, 2021
Murder, Murder, and More Murder
Chris Roberts, American Renaissance, April 15, 2021
Steve Sailer has calculated that in 46 of the 50 largest US cities, there was a 38.5 percent increase in murders in 2020. A recent National Commission of COVID-19 and Criminal Justice (NCCCJ) study of 34 cities put the annual increase at 30 percent. Until now, the greatest one-year increase in the United States was in 1968, when there were 12.7 percent more homicides than in the previous year.
Last month, I reported that the murder surge was continuing into January 2021. Now, even more data are available. Here are the increases in murder for several major cities:
New York City | |||
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Jan. 1 – Mar. 21, 2020 | Jan. 1 – Mar. 21, 2021 | Increase | |
68 | 76 | 11.7% |
Chicago | |||
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Jan. 1 – Mar. 31, 2020 | Jan. 1 – Mar. 31, 2021 | Increase | |
98 | 131 | 33.7% |
Los Angeles | |||
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Jan. 1 – Mar. 13, 2020 | Jan. 1 – Mar. 13, 2021 | Increase | |
60 | 77 | 28.3% |
Philadelphia | |||
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Jan. 1 – Mar. 16, 2020 | Jan. 1 – Mar. 16, 2021 | Increase | |
76 | 103 | 35.5% |
Washington, DC | |||
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Jan. 1 – Apr. 12, 2020 | Jan. 1 – Apr. 12, 2021 | Increase | |
40 | 52 | 30.0% |
Minneapolis | |||
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Jan. 1 – Mar. 15, 2020 | Jan. 1 – Mar. 15, 2021 | Increase | |
8 | 14 | 75.0% |
Baltimore | |||
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Jan. 1 – Mar. 22, 2020 | January 1 – Mar. 22, 2021 | Increase | |
60 | 63 | 5.0% |
Memphis | |||
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Jan. 1 – Feb. 28, 2020 | Jan. 1 – Feb. 28, 2021 | Increase | |
29 | 46 | 58.6% |
Houston | |||
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Jan. 1 – Mar. 30, 2020 | Jan. 1 – Mar. 30, 2021 | Increase | |
73 | 105 | 43.8% |
If last year was a record, this year might break it.