MILWAUKEE PD RELEASES MID-YEAR CRIME REPORT
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Milwaukee hit a 30-year homicide high of 193 in 2021.
That spike mirrored a national surge — U.S. homicides rose ~30% in 2020, the largest single-year increase ever recorded by the FBI. Mid-year reports like this one help track whether those pandemic-era crime levels are finally receding.
Milwaukee's 2020 homicide count was its highest since 1991!
Milwaukee recorded 189 homicides in 2020 — a level not seen since the crack cocaine epidemic of the early 1990s. Mid-year crime reports like today's help track whether the city is trending back toward or away from those historic highs.
Milwaukee's violent crime rate is among the highest in the Midwest.
Mid-year crime reports help cities track trends in real time. Milwaukee has seen fluctuating homicide and shooting numbers in recent years. Follow crime coverage at AP News
U.S. standardized crime reporting dates all the way back to 1929!
The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program launched in 1929 after police chiefs sought national crime data standards. Today, ~18,000 agencies — including Milwaukee PD — submit stats to this system.
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Elected in April 2023 as Chicago's 57th mayor, Johnson spent years as a Chicago public school teacher and Chicago Teachers Union organizer before entering politics — giving him a rare ground-level view of city services and labor issues.
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