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In 2013, Detroit's number of criminal homicides was 333, a reduction of 14% compared to 2012. However, taken in context by population, Detroit remains a city with one of the highest homicide rates per capita in the United States. [13] In April 2008, Detroit unveiled a $300-million stimulus plan to create jobs and revitalize neighborhoods ...
Detroit had the 2nd highest violent crime rate in the nation in 2015 among cities with a population greater than 50,000. [3] In 2013, with only 7% of the state population, the city of Detroit had 50% of all murders recorded in Michigan. [4] Detroit recorded 295 homicides in 2015 down from the recent high of 386 in 2012. [5]
These are some of the most-dangerous intersections in Michigan, according to Michigan Auto Law: 11 Mile Road/I-696 at Van Dyke Avenue, Warren/Centerline Schoolcraft Road at Telegraph Road, Redford
Detroit (/ d ɪ ˈ t r ɔɪ t / ⓘ dih-TROYT, locally also / ˈ d iː t r ɔɪ t / DEE-troyt) [8] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the Canadian border and the county seat of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [9] making it the 26th-most populous city in ...
Eighteen of the 20 intersections with the most crashes, according to Michigan Auto Law, are in southeast Michigan. Law firm: Michigan's 'most dangerous' intersections are mostly in metro Detroit ...
Detroit brought home the bacon despite 2.5 percent reduction in violent crimes since last year because 45 out of every 100,000 people are murdered and 2,072 (per 100,000) are victims of violent ...
The 1968 Detroit riot was a civil disturbance that occurred between April 4–5, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Less than a year after the violent unrest of 1967, areas of 12th Street (present-day Rosa Parks Boulevard) again erupted in chaos (simultaneously with over 100 other US cities) following King's assassination.
Detroit’s challenges are complex and rooted in its Rust Belt history. Once the global center of the automotive industry, Detroit was the fourth-largest city in the U.S. in the 1920s. Its ...