New York, which also had seen homicides rise (albeit by much less) in 2018 and 2019, saw almost 150 additional homicides and more than 750 additional shootings in 2020, representing respective increases of 45 percent and 97 percent; Chicago, which hadn’t yet fully recovered from homicide spikes in 2015 and ’16, saw 274 more homicides and 1,435 additional shootings in 2020 — 55 percent spikes; L.A. saw homicides jump approximately 38 percent, or nearly 100, while shootings spiked almost 40 percent; D.C. closed 2020 with homicides up for the third year — this time by almost 20 percent, or 32 more deaths; Killings in Philadelphia, where year-end homicides have risen every year since 2016, were just one body shy of 500, a 40 percent increase; Louisville saw homicides jump by more than 70 percent, shattering a record set in 2016; Cincinnati’s homicides spiked more than 28 percent, reaching a record of 94; In Detroit, shootings and homicides rose for the second-straight year, soaring by 53 percent and 19 percent, respectively; Shootings in Providence, R.I., doubled, while homicides rose from 13 in 2019 to 18 in 2020; Homicides jumped for the second straight year in Minneapolis, to 84 deaths — the highest tally since 1995; Cleveland had its highest murder tally since 1982, after a nearly 40 percent spike in killings last year; Houston hit 413 murders in 2020 — a 42 percent increase over 2019; Indianapolis saw a 40 percent bump in murders; For Denver, the murder increase was 50 percent; Fresno, Calif., saw its homicide numbers spike by 64 percent.
Chicago, which hadn’t yet fully recovered from homicide spikes in 2015 and ’16, saw 274 more homicides and 1,435 additional shootings in 2020 — 55 percent spikes;
L.A. saw homicides jump approximately 38 percent, or nearly 100, while shootings spiked almost 40 percent;
D.C. closed 2020 with homicides up for the third year — this time by almost 20 percent, or 32 more deaths; Killings in Philadelphia, where year-end homicides have risen every year since 2016, were just one body shy of 500, a 40 percent increase;
Louisville saw homicides jump by more than 70 percent, shattering a record set in 2016;
Cincinnati’s homicides spiked more than 28 percent, reaching a record of 94; In Detroit, shootings and homicides rose for the second-straight year, soaring by 53 percent and 19 percent, respectively;
Shootings in Providence, R.I., doubled, while homicides rose from 13 in 2019 to 18 in 2020;
Homicides jumped for the second straight year in Minneapolis, to 84 deaths — the highest tally since 1995; Cleveland had its highest murder tally since 1982, after a nearly 40 percent spike in killings last year;
Houston hit 413 murders in 2020 — a 42 percent increase over 2019;
Indianapolis saw a 40 percent bump in murders;
For Denver, the murder increase was 50 percent;
Fresno, Calif., saw its homicide numbers spike by 64 percent.