Baltimore’s homicide rate is currently at its lowest in decades.
According to Baltimore police, there have been 68 killings and 164 nonfatal shootings in the first six months of the year, a 22% and 19% decline over the same period the previous year. Mayor Brandon Scott stated that this is the lowest number of homicides recorded in Baltimore in more than 50 years.
Both figures exceed the city’s Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan’s objective of a 15% annual reduction in gun violence, including both deadly and nonfatal incidents. Scott stated that the crime decrease was achieved through the plan’s aims, which call for a public health approach to gun violence, promoting community participation and transparency in revealing quantifiable outcomes…