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Year’s First Quarter Sustains Violent Crime Reduction

Details The first quarter of the year has continued the city’s downward trend in violent crime, according to data collected and analyzed by Baltimore Witness from Baltimore Police Department (BPD) press... Read More

February Sees 2024’s First Jump in Non-Fatal Shootings

Details Baltimore Witness data compiled from Baltimore Police Department (BPD) press releases showed February continued the city’s downward trend in homicides, but non-fatal shootings rose. Since December 2023, monthly homicide rates... Read More

Baltimore Sees Significant Year-Over-Year Violent Crime Reduction in January

Details The first month of 2024 showed a continuing downward trend in homicides and non-fatal shootings citywide after 2023’s historic drop. Baltimore Witness data sourced from Baltimore Police Department (BPD) press... Read More

Data Update: No 2023 Homicides Convicted in the Same Year

By Racquel Bazos [former] - January 16, 2024
Data | Featured | Homicides |

Details The chart above shows the speed of our court system in 2023. Though the Baltimore Police Department reported 240 incidents of homicides, they only made 45 arrests related to those... Read More

2023 Ends With Uptick in Homicides, City Remains Under 300

Details Baltimore ended 2023 under 300 homicides for the first time since 2015. Non-fatal shootings also dropped nearly 8 percent year-over-year. However, according to Baltimore Witness’ data, homicides slightly increased in... Read More

Citywide Violence Plateaus as Winter Begins

Details Baltimore Witness data sourced from Baltimore Police Department (BPD) press releases showed almost no change from October’s numbers in non-fatal shootings and homicides. November brought one less incident in each... Read More

A Decade After Launch, ‘MDEC’ Expected for Baltimore City Circuit Court in 2024

By Andrew Michaels - December 6, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Data | Featured |

Details Baltimore City’s decade-long wait for the Maryland Electronic Courts (MDEC) system is nearly over as the electronic case management system is slated to debut on May 6, 2024. With less... Read More

Murder, Non-Fatal Shootings Both Down in October

Details Baltimore Witness data reveals that the citywide homicide rate fell by nearly half in October. There were 12 homicides reported for the month, down from 22 in September. A quarter... Read More

Baltimore City Homicides Down, Shootings Up in September

Details September ended with a decrease in homicides in Baltimore City yet an increase in non-fatal shootings, according to Baltimore Witness data. There was a slight increase in non-fatal shootings in... Read More

Baltimore’s Systemic Failure Goes Beyond Brooklyn Homes

Details Evidence provided since the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting has validated community complaints about systemic failures by the police that might have prevented the tragedy. But new data from Baltimore Witness... Read More

Baltimore City Shootings Drop in August, Decrease in Majority of Districts

Details As fall approaches, Baltimore City is ending the summer with 53 non-fatal shootings in August—the fourth-lowest number of reported monthly shootings in 2023. The city was last below 53 shootings... Read More

Brooklyn Homes Mass Shooting Increases Baltimore City’s Monthly Shootings By 50 Percent

Details The Brooklyn Homes mass shooting sent Baltimore City’s monthly non-fatal shooting count soaring in July, increasing from 58 reported shootings in June to 87 shootings last month. The city racked... Read More

North Baltimore Shootings Double in June

Details Non-fatal shootings in Baltimore City’s Northern District more than doubled from May to June 2023, with only a minimal decline in non-fatal shootings month over month. There were 58 non-fatal... Read More

Baltimore City’s Homicides, Non-Fatal Shootings Drop in May

Details Baltimore City saw a decrease in both non-fatal shootings and homicides from April 2023 to May 2023, dropping approximately 21 percent and 18 percent, respectively. According to Baltimore Witness data,... Read More

Baltimore Sees Twice As Many Shootings As Homicides in March 2023

By Andrew Michaels - April 4, 2023
Daily Stories | Data | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details Baltimore City saw more than twice as many non-fatal shooting as homicides in March 2023, with the bulk of shootings reported in the city’s western regions. According to Baltimore Witness... Read More

Defendant Found Guilty in N. Pulaski St. Shooting

Details When defendant Anton Harris made eye contact with an MTA officer on May 4, 2022, “he knew he had been made,” a prosecutor told the jury on the final day of his... Read More

November Accounts for At Least One Non-Fatal Shooting in Every Police District, Data Shows

By Alyssia Davis [former] - December 6, 2022
Daily Stories | Data | Featured |

Details Baltimore Witness data shows that there has been at least one non-fatal shooting in each police districts across Baltimore City including Southern, Central, and Northeastern last month. There was a... Read More

More Homicide Defendants Accept Plea Deals in March

By Baltimore Witness Staff - December 6, 2022
Data | Featured |

Details Baltimore Witness data shows that March has the highest number plea deals accepted by homicide defendants with 17 defendants taking the prosecution’s offers that month. January, February, and July have... Read More

Over 70 Non-Fatal Shootings Occurred in July

By Alyssia Davis [former] - December 6, 2022
Data | Featured |

Details According to Baltimore Witness data, July has the highest number of non-fatal shootings with 70 being documented, while November and April has the lowest number of non-fatal shootings with 48... Read More

Average Pleas Offered for Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Defendants

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Julia Yan [former], Natalie Goodman [former] - November 17, 2022
Daily Stories | Data | Featured |

Details According to Baltimore Witness data, there were more pleas offered to homicide defendants in October than any other month this year, while the fewest pleas were offered in February. May,... Read More

Number of Homicides and Shootings in Baltimore City Districts

By Alyssia Davis [former] - November 17, 2022
Daily Stories | Data | Featured |

Details Baltimore Witness data shows that there were at least 25 non-fatal shootings as well as eight homicides that occurred within Baltimore city since the beginning of November. There were at... Read More

Highest Number of Non-Fatal Shootings Recorded in May, Data Shows

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Julia Yan [former], Natalie Goodman [former] - November 17, 2022
Daily Stories | Data | Featured |

Details Baltimore Witness data shows the number of homicides and non-fatal shootings during the first half of the last eleven months of 2022. May has the highest number of non-fatal shootings,... Read More

Nearly All Districts Except One Show More Than A Dozen Homicides, Non-fatal Shootings Combined

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Tiffany Word [former] - November 2, 2022
Daily Stories | Data | Featured |

Details According to Baltimore Witness data, all police district, except for the Central District in Baltimore city had more than a dozen non-fatal shootings and homicides in October. There were 55... Read More

Accepted and Rejected Pleas for Non-fatal Shooting Defendants

By Alyssia Davis [former] , Julia Yan [former] - October 25, 2022
Daily Stories | Data | Featured |

Details Baltimore Witness data shows, according to the first half of each month from January to October that more plea offers have been rejected by non-fatal shooting defendants. Calculations of the... Read More