The new PPIC report found the state’s violent crime rate in 2023, at 503 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, was 15.4% higher than it was in 2019. The state’s violent crime rate was 236 per ...

Columbia Police Department says shootings are falling across the city, despite a state-wide increase in gun crime. Now, ...

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

Tuesday was also when MPD released crime data for Washington, D.C., which painted a mixed picture of which direction the crime rate has been headed in the District. Homicides were up 27% in ...

According to the Justice Center, Tennessee’s violent crime rate (violent incidents per 100,000 in 2023) was fourth behind Washington, D.C., New Mexico and Alaska. The Volunteer State saw 628 ...

“The message was loud and clear to the people I was representing: I can do whatever I want to do,” he told the Washington Examiner ... to rising violent crime rates — and they are demanding ...

After five shootings and four homicides on Tuesday community members raised concerns about what sparked the incidents.

Crime decreased in Washington overall between 2023 and 2024, according to a report presented this week by the city's Police Chief Mike McCoy. The annual report examined crime rates in 12 different ...

A lawyer with limited political experience, Luisa González is vying for Ecuador’s presidency for a second time ...