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In 2023, Macon had the highest crime rate in Georgia: 52.6 crimes per 1,000 residents. [53] Gang activity is a major reason for the crime problem in Macon. [54] The Georgia Bureau of Investigation expanded its Gang Task Force Office to Macon in 2023. [55] As of 2024, crime has reduced in Macon compared to 2022 and 2023. [56] [57]
In the United States, the relationship between race and crime has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. [1] Crime rates vary significantly between racial groups; however, academic research indicates that the over-representation of some racial minorities in the criminal justice system can in part be explained by socioeconomic factors, [2] [3] such as ...
Statistics. From 1877 to 1950, ... Crime in Atlanta; Gangs in Georgia; Law of Georgia (U.S. state) References This page was last edited on 1 July ...
Bibb County had a rate of 52.6 crimes per 1,000 residents. The most common was larceny theft, of which there were 3,694 incidents, while the second most common crime was aggravated assault, with 1,911 committed. Overall, Bibb had the highest crime rate for seven of the ten crime categories, including murder, robbery, motor vehicle theft and arson.
Five Georgia sheriff’s offices have signed up for a controversial federal program, known as 287(g), which allows local law enforcement officers to perform some of the functions of immigration ...
The Macon metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of five counties in Central Georgia, anchored by the principal city of Macon. At the 2010 U.S. census, the five-county area had a population of 232,293. [3] A July 2017 estimate placed the population at 228,914. [4] In 2022, its estimated population was 235,805. [5]
The NAACP’s Macon-Bibb County Chapter, as well as disabled voters, have expressed concern with the voting location where the Board of Elections office is located, which is at Macon Mall.
Jul. 1—While two Republicans — an incumbent and a challenger — will be facing off in the July 19 primary as the only two candidates in the race for Harford County state's attorney, the lack ...