Add It Up: Murder, my sweet
June 12, 2007 at 8:46 am by Alyssa Abkowitz in Add it upNumber of murders in Atlanta in 2006 and 2005, respectively: 110, 90
Percentage increase of homicides in the past year in Atlanta: 2
Percentage the murder rate increased nationwide in the last year: 0.3
Percentage the murder rate increased in large cities with 1 million people or more in the last year: 6.7
Overall violent-crime percentage increase in Atlanta in the past year: 4.6
Overall violent-crime percentage decrease in New York in the past year: 5.3
Number of years that crime has declined in Atlanta, according to a Georgia State criminologist: 10
Number of murders in the first quarters of 2006 and 2007, respectively: 21, 21
June 15th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Hang on. An increase from 90 to 110 murders is a 22% increase, not a 2% increase. Yay more murder for us!