Photo couresty of St. Louis County police. Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. Dont walk around really late at night in an area you dont know. You have a 1 in 18 chance of becoming a victim of property crime in St. Louis. Rosenfelds study found property crime dropped significantly in the cities, including in St. Louis where property crime was down about 6%. Our worst showing came in "home and community safety," in which we were ranked No. About 92% of homicide victims in the city this year have been Black, up from 90% last year. With this change, you will likely see increases in crime statistics. An official website of the United States government. The homicide rate has dropped so far this year . Heres a graph showing you how murders has trended in St. Louis over a 12 year period. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, Rudderless ship of chaos: St. Louis judge advances Kim Gardner contempt case, Cardinals send prized prospect Jordan Walker to Class AAA in curious series of moves, What Oliver Marmols gamble in ninth vs. LA reveals about managing to spark Cardinals, How sending Jordan Walker to Class AAA is a bet clarity can correct muddled outfield: Cardinals Extra, Messenger: Kim Gardner drives the judicial bus over her employees and into the ditch, A closer on ice. In the county this year, those categories made up about 50% of killings, Longworth told the Post-Dispatch. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. In St. Louis, the "defunding"includesredirecting moneyto other social programs and eliminating vacancies within the police department. Thats the conclusion he draws in the latest of his reports on rising crime in American cities during the coronavirus pandemic. St. Louis, Missouri Government, accessed May 18. The bottom image includes a logo tying it to CBS 4 in St. Louis. The top image of a quote from Bush, which includes thelogo of the local FOX 2 station, is likely from April 29 when she made her statement. That's the highest number since 1993, when the city set a . There will still be 50 remaining vacancies. A lock (LockA locked padlock) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Bush's April 29statementwas madein support of Jones passing the budget amendments, which reallocated the $4 million from the police budget.