1% Of Counties Record 42% Of Nation’s Murders
View Source | January 18, 2023 4:39 pm
- Homicide rates have spiked, but most of America has remained untouched.
- Only a tiny fraction of U.S. counties account for nearly all of the country’s homicides, according to research released Tuesday that showed a striking concentration where killings take place.
- The worst 31 counties — generally urban jurisdictions — have about a fifth of the country’s population but accounted for 42% of the country’s homicides in 2020, said John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, which conducted the study.
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