According to data from Maryland’s Open Data portal and yearly Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), Maryland’s overall crime rate steadily declined between 2010 and 2020. However, homicides in the state increased to a ten-year high of 573 in 2020, a nearly 35% increase from 2010. The largest year-to-year increase occurred in 2015 when homicides rose to 553, a 52% increase from the previous year.
While some attribute the uptick in homicides to individuals carrying more firearms as their distrust in police officers grew, others attribute it to the aftermath of the deaths of Freddie Gray in 2015 and George Floyd in 2020. The protests following Floyd’s murder led to a breakdown in community trust, making people less likely to report crimes or give information about solving them. This resulted in individuals taking the law into their own hands, leading to gun violence surging in Baltimore.
Of the 573 murders reported in 2020, only 47% resulted in an arrest, according to Maryland’s Uniform Crime Report. Baltimore City alone accounted for 334 homicides, 58% of the state’s reported homicides that year. “Freddie Gray was Baltimore’s George Floyd,” said Dr. Joseph Richardson, the Joel and Kim Feller Endowed Professor of African American studies and Medical Anthropology at the University of Maryland.
My guess is that the criminal shooters are practicing more, missing less shots. It can be called self destruction.
Maryland is soft on crime.
All on the Democrat Governor !!!!!!