1 Jan 2024 4:07 pm
Detroit records 252 homicides in 2023, lowest since 1966
George Hunter, The Detroit News
Detroit — The city recorded 252 homicides last year — its lowest total since 1966 — while nonfatal shootings declined for the fourth straight year, according to preliminary statistics released Monday by Detroit police.
Overall, violent crime in Detroit fell 1.6% from 2022-23, with carjackings dropping 33.5% to a level unseen since the term "carjacking" was coined by The Detroit News in 1991. But property crime in Michigan's largest city rose 1.7% in 2023 over the previous year, driven partly by an 8% increase in larcenies, Detroit Police Department statistics show. Motor vehicle thefts dropped 4%.
"Effective data-based strategy, the hard work of the best police officers in the country and collaboration with our partners has resulted in historic reductions in crime, including a 57-year low in homicides," Detroit police said in a statement Monday.
George Hunter, The Detroit News
Detroit — The city recorded 252 homicides last year — its lowest total since 1966 — while nonfatal shootings declined for the fourth straight year, according to preliminary statistics released Monday by Detroit police.
Overall, violent crime in Detroit fell 1.6% from 2022-23, with carjackings dropping 33.5% to a level unseen since the term "carjacking" was coined by The Detroit News in 1991. But property crime in Michigan's largest city rose 1.7% in 2023 over the previous year, driven partly by an 8% increase in larcenies, Detroit Police Department statistics show. Motor vehicle thefts dropped 4%.
"Effective data-based strategy, the hard work of the best police officers in the country and collaboration with our partners has resulted in historic reductions in crime, including a 57-year low in homicides," Detroit police said in a statement Monday.