bmore t1_jegq5ob wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:03 PM

Reply to comment by XxCloudSephiroth69xX in Baltimore Safe Streets sites ‘clearly’ reduce homicides, shootings, Johns Hopkins evaluation finds by sit_down_man

What is the overall homicide and nonfatal shooting count this year vs this time last year?

XxCloudSephiroth69xX t1_jegrldw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:13 PM

I don't have the exact numbers accessible right now, but there is a decrease in both so far this year. Why are you asking?

bmore t1_jeguoq4 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:36 PM

I thought homicides were down ~22% and nonfatal shootings were down ~25% over this time last year. I was curious if I'm wrong because that doesn't seem to track with "have not decreased in any sort of meaningful way."

XxCloudSephiroth69xX t1_jegw13c wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:46 PM

Are you attributing a year to date reduction for 3 months solely to Safe Streets? Why didn't that reduction happen in other years of Safe Streets operation? What is the comparison to murders and shootings in Safe Streets zones year over year? If there's an increase in zones but a reduction in non-zones, is that Safe Streets fault too? I don't have all the answers to these questions and I don't think you do either.

So yeah, I'd say ignoring the other years of overall murder and shooting rates staying the same on increasing city wide just to cherry pick 3 months this year is not meaningful.

bmore t1_jeh5992 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:57 PM

I didn't say a thing about Safe Streets. I asked if the overall numbers I had are wrong because they seem to be completely different than what you implied.