It's a significant drop from the 22 homicides the city recorded in 2020 and the 18 logged during both 2021 and 2022. All of those totals pale in comparison to the record 61 homicides Richmond logged in 1991, and 47 homicides in 2009, which was about nine time higher than state and national averages for that year, according to The Nation.
But while 2023's record-low number of homicides is a notable milestone, Richmond has experienced significant fluctuations in violent crime over several years.
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