The City of Richmond encourages you to submit your request in writing. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Crime risk data are updated annually. In Richmond where Black and white residents are nearly evenly split, representing 46.9% and 47.7% of the population, respectively, and Hispanics or Latinos make up 7.3% Black and brown residents account for nearly two-thirds of all COVID-19 cases, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health. 2023 Homicides (as of Feb. 24, 2023) 2022 Homicides. Low-income workers, like those in these adversely affected neighborhoods, are more likely to be considered essential, and less likely be able to work from home, according to the Commonwealth Institute, a nonprofit that researches policy impacts on low-income Virginians. Willis, who also works closely with the citys chapter of the NAACP, plans to meet with Chief Smith to discuss some strategies for stemming the violence. The property crime rate in Richmond is 3,303.5 per 100,000 people. The core philosophy of the Crime Analysis Unit is to provide Patrol, Investigations and Command Staff proactive criminal, tactical, strategic and administrative crime and intelligence analysis to aid in the prevention, suppression and reduction in crime, as well as the apprehension of offenders. Email Email. Officers use the information when holding regular meetings with district commanders to discuss strategies to reduce crime and improve the quality of life for our citizens. The single worst day so far was Oct. 3, with four separate shootings resulting in three people being killed and nine others injured. But Charles Willis, executive director of United Communities Against Crime, an organization that holds vigils for those killed in Richmond and Henrico, said the communities most affected by crime dont want to hear it. In 2020, 9,880 law enforcement agencies, whose jurisdictions covered more than 177.5 million U.S. inhabitants, submitted NIBRS data to the UCR Program. People are afraid to cooperate because they fear for their own safety and also because they dont want to be labeled a snitch, Blakes said. 2018. Every year, around 2,000 murders are gang-related General Gang Violence Statistics 2020 1. The average homicide rate in the United States was 5.3 murders per 100,000 people in 2016. The race was unknown for 17.4% of reported known offenders. 39,493. You have a 1 in 30.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Richmond each year. RICHMOND, Va. -- It may seem like 2021 has started off deadlier in the city of Richmond than it was in 2020, but homicide numbers are the same at this point -- a total of 16. OAKLAND, CA - OCT. 14: Loved ones grieve after a fatal shooting occurred in the 1900 block of 84th Ave. in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, October 14, 2020.