Reply #201: D.C.homicide

[Hiram Abiff]

billbuckhead posted:
"Any links to prove that assertion? I don't believe it"

No assertions here, Just actual numbers. But you knew that.

First column obviously is the year
Second column is the population
Third column is the total homicides
Fourth column is the homicide rate per 100,000 citizens.

1960 763,956     81       10.6
1961 763,955     88       11.5
1962 784,000     91       11.6
1963 798,000     95         11.9
1964 808,000     132         16.3
1965 803,000     148         18.4
1966 808,000     141       17.5
1967 809,000     178         22.0
1968 809,000     195         24.1
1969 798,000     287         36.0
1970 756,510     221         29.2
1971 741,000     275         37.1
1972 748,000     245         32.8
1973 746,000     268         35.9
1974 723,000       277         38.3
1975 716,000       235         32.8
1976 702,000*       188         26.8
1977 690,000       192         27.8
1978 674,000       189         28.0
1979 656,000       180         27.4
1980 635,233       208         31.5
1981 636,000       223         30.7
1982 631,000       194         29.4
1983 623,000       183         28.1
1984 623,000       175         23.5
1985 626,000       147         31.0
1986 626,000       194         36.2
1987 622,000       225         36.2
1988 620,000       369         59.5
1989 604,000       434         71.9
1990 606,900       472         77.8
1991 598,000       482           80.6
1992 589,000       443           75.2
1993 578,000       454           78.5
1994 570,000       399           70.0
1995 554,000       360           65.0
1996 543,000       397           73.1
1997 529,000       301           56.9
1998 523,000      260           49.7
1999 519,000       241           46.4
2000 572,059       239           41.8
2001 573,822       231           40.3
2002 569,157       264           46.4
2003 557,620      249           44.7
2004 554,239       198           35.9
2005 550,521       195           35.4
Source: FBI, Uniform Crime Reports

From 1960 through 1975 Washington D.C. averaged 184.2 homicides per year with an average population of 773,500

After the 1976 ban Washington D.C. averaged 269.4 homicides per year with an average population of 598,300

Before the ban Washington D.C averaged 23.8 homicides per 100,000 citizens per year

After the 1976 ban Washington D.C. averaged 45.0 homicides per 100,000
citizens per year