The Truth Will Out Milwaukees Homicide Database Exposes The Citys Deep Rooted Problems
BlogThe Truth Will Out Milwaukees Homicide Database Exposes The Citys Deep Rooted Problems - Milwaukee’s arrest rate in murder cases outpaces that of most other large u. s. Two earlier data wonk columns from 2025 (here and here) looked at data in reports. According to the milwaukee journal sentinel homicide database for the city, 90% of the homicides involved a gun. 82% of the victims were black. That number dropped to 119 in 2025, 101 in 2025 and just 98 in 2025 according to the milwaukee journal sentinel homicide database. Milwaukee recorded a record number of. Mallory o'brien shown meeting with milwaukee police capt. In the past five years, of the 347 homicides that have resulted in a suspect charged in court, at least 23 percent had problems with witnesses showing up to testify. The dashboards are a. The journal sentinel is tracking homicides in milwaukee to memorialize the victims and better understand deadly violence in the city. Wallethub, a personal finance company, released a report this week of cities with the highest homicide rates per capita. It ranked milwaukee fourth. A recent report by the milwaukee journal sentinel draws an explicit link between the city’s homicide rates and its historic segregation. It’s part of a larger pattern that. Milwaukee saw a dip in homicides for the first time in four years last year, but local leaders say the number of murders the city is experiencing is still far too high. In 2025, the milwaukee county medical examiner’s office recorded 215 homicide deaths. In 2025, there were 222 homicide deaths. So far this year, according to data from the. Why is milwaukee’s murder rate increasing? Homicides, while an imperfect metric, are the weightiest benchmark, because it has the worst possible outcome: The most recent data, through early november, from the. In raw numbers, the milwaukee police department’s crime database reports 85 homicides as of july 20, compared to 120 at the same time last year. So far this year, 87% of shooting victims in the city are black, 83% are men and nearly half of all victims and more than half of the suspects were between the ages of 18 and.
Milwaukee’s arrest rate in murder cases outpaces that of most other large u. s. Two earlier data wonk columns from 2025 (here and here) looked at data in reports. According to the milwaukee journal sentinel homicide database for the city, 90% of the homicides involved a gun. 82% of the victims were black. That number dropped to 119 in 2025, 101 in 2025 and just 98 in 2025 according to the milwaukee journal sentinel homicide database. Milwaukee recorded a record number of. Mallory o'brien shown meeting with milwaukee police capt. In the past five years, of the 347 homicides that have resulted in a suspect charged in court, at least 23 percent had problems with witnesses showing up to testify.