Although we keep hearing that crime is down, the crime stats for this year portray an alarming increase in the first two months of this year. Actually less than 2 months, the latest stats on the HPD website only reflect numbers through February 20th.
Homicides up 33%
Aggravated assaults up 4.3%
Burglary up 62.2%
Larceny up 22.0%
Those numbers also don't reflect the latest two executions on Garfield Street and Cornwall Street or this weekends homicide at Club Charisma on Walnut Street. The Club Charisma homicide happened in front of a police officer working at the club.
Typically this is the "slow" time of the year for violent crime and homicides which usually spike during the heat of the summer. If we keep track at this pace, Hartford's homicides for the year could potentially top 100 or come pretty close.
It might be hard to draw attention away from these numbers by claiming they are driven by Domestic Violence, especially the cold blooded executions with a bullet to the back of the head.
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