Quote Originally Posted by Go Blue Girl View Post
How many kids have been killed in Detroit by guns the last month? I believe homicide rates in Detroit are UP. Crime overall down, but homicides are not. At least in Detroit. Can't speak to national numbers
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm

In 2010, overall crime was at it's lowest per capita levels since 1968 and violent crime at it's lowest since 1972. Murder was at it's lowest since 1962. Crime began rising in the early 70s, peaked in the early 90s and have been trending back down since.