Rochester’s homicide rate dropped significantly in 2017: from 42 in 2016 down to 29 last year. That’s a drop of more than 30 percent. Two of those 2017 deaths resulted from injuries that took place in 2016. A database compiled by the “Democrat and Chronicle” shows the lowest number of homicides since 2009, and only […]
A report on urban homicide rates from the Rochester Institute of Technology has Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren seething. In a statement, she calls it “an incredible disservice to the men and women of the Rochester Police Department.” The report is from RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives. It compares last year’s homicide rates in 24 […]
Rochester Police say the city recorded 42 homicides in 2016. The latest final crime data available is for 2015, released in November. According to the NeighborhoodScout.com, a crime reporting website, Rochester reported 33 murders in 2015 and a total of more than a thousand assaults. The murder rate for every 1,000 people in Rochester was […]