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Jan 7, 2023 · By C.J. LeMaster. Published: Jan. 6, 2023 at 7:48 PM CST. JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Despite a drop in killings last year, the capital city’s homicide rate still managed to surpass every other major city in the U.S. for the second straight year, according to a 3 On Your Side analysis of dozens of municipalities across the country. Jackson ended ...
Jan 27, 2022 · Jackson has the nation's highest per capita murder rate in 2021. There was a record 155 homicides, second only to 2020's 130 homicides.
Dec 28, 2021 · 15 minute read. Updated 9:08 AM EST, Tue December 28, 2021. Link Copied! Jackson, Mississippi CNN — Around Thanksgiving, this crisis-plagued state capital saw a series of shootings that pushed...
Jan 9, 2024 · JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The year 2023 ends with statistics that almost seem to contradict each other: killings in Jackson have dropped by double digits for two years straight, but the city still tops every other major city in the nation when it comes to the rate of killings per capita.
Jan 26, 2022 · But the homicide rate in Chicago, with a population of roughly 2.7 million, stood at 29.6 per 100,000 population. The rate in Jackson, with a population of 153,701, was about 100 per 100,000 population. Credit: Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting.
Jan 1, 2022 · JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - People are being killed at a higher rate per capita in the Capital City than any other major city in the U.S., according to a 3 On Your Side analysis of more than fifty municipalities across the country. With 160 killings thus far in 2021, the homicide rate for Jackson is 101.9 per 100,000 residents, a rate that blazes ...
Mar 8, 2023 · The homicide rate in the city, which is predominantly African American, was about 14 times the national rate in 2021, and the under-staffed Jackson Police Department has struggled to keep up...
