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In 2015, Atlanta police were tracking about 192 gangs, more than double the number identified six years earlier. [23] In addition to violent crime, drug dealing, and carjacking, some Atlanta gangs commit identity theft and credit card fraud. [29] Also, gang-on-gang violence is a major problem in the city. [30]
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.
This is a list of US states by gun deaths and rates of violence. In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides. [5] Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below ...
Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum say getting guns and drugs out of the hands of criminals and gang members is a top priority for police. Gun violence in Atlanta: Chief gives report card on ...
The nearly 40,000 Americans killed each year since 2016 by gun violence exceed the number of people killed by car accidents (39,000), despite the fact that in 2017 there were 221.7 million ...
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia is ranked 15th in the county, with 19.7 gun deaths per 100,000 residents, putting it just outside the category of the ...
The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks shootings and their characteristics in the United States, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator(s), are shot in one location at roughly the same time. [3]
As gun violence rises across the U.S., a program in Atlanta is trying to teach a life-saving lesson of deescalation to Black teens, who are often victims of gun violence. Mark Strassmann takes a look.