Violent crime is down nationwide, and a recent mid-year report confirms as much. But it’s up in one Virginia city, while the state’s capital is seeing record lows.
The Council on Criminal Justice started their regular crime reporting in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as crime data was delayed. Now, the report continues to survey cities at regular intervals.
The good news, according to CCJ researcher Ernesto Lopez, is that homicide is down. It was already low, but now it’s 18% down over last year. But that’s not the case for every Virginia city.
“We do see that Norfolk is about 36% higher, which is different from what we see in our sample, about 31% lower,” Lopez told Radio IQ. “And Richmond is about 33% below, so that’s about in line with what we’re seeing nationwide.”…