This table contains data behind the story A Handful Of Cities Are Driving 2016's Rise In Murder.
murder_2016_prelim.csv contains preliminary 2016 murder counts for 79 large U.S. cities. 2015 figures are counts through the same data a year ago. Sources are listed in the file.
murder_2015_final.csv contains full-year 2014 and 2015 murder counts for all U.S. cities with at least 250,000 residents. Source is FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
Data source: https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/murder_2016/murder_2016_prelim.csv
| rowid | city | state | 2015_murders | 2016_murders | change | source | as_of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | Illinois | 378 | 536 | 158 | https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/News/Crime%20Statistics | 10/2/2016 |