2007 homicides in Richmond drop, but many of them were in North Richmond
While the region’s homicide rate dropped dramatically in 2007 — lead by a decline in slayings in the City of Richmond — a large clusters of the city’s homicides were clustered in North Richmond communities just east of Chamberlayne Avenue. The Times-Dispatch’s recent report on the homicide death toll in 21 of Central Virginia’s localities […]
While the region’s homicide rate dropped dramatically in 2007 — lead by a decline in slayings in the City of Richmond — a large clusters of the city’s homicides were clustered in North Richmond communities just east of Chamberlayne Avenue. The Times-Dispatch’s recent report on the homicide death toll in 21 of Central Virginia’s localities notes that Chesterfield and Henrico counties saw a spike in murders, even as Richmond’s numbers dropped.
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