Detroit Records 12% Drop in Homicides Compared to Last Year

Recorded homicides in Detroit in 2017 were 12 percent lower than last year, and hit a 50 year low. There were 267. 

James David Dickson of The Detroit News reports:

That number, if it holds upon review, is the fewest criminal homicides since the 214 recorded in 1966. But that was at a time when Detroit had a population of more than 1.5 million people — a rate of about 14 homicides per 100,000 residents.

The 267 homicides in 2017, compared to Detroit's most recent estimated population of about 673,000 as of July 2016, is a rate of about 40 per 100,000 residents.

Compared to the 305 homicides in Detroit in 2016, the 2017 tally represents a 12 percent drop. In 2015, Detroit recorded 295 homicides.