| The percentage reduction in homicide rates from 1995 to 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (*1999 numbers for the first 6 months of 1999 times 2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boston | Los Angeles | New Orleans | Richmond | New York | Miami | Memphis | Philadelphia | Dallas | Washington D.C. | United States | San Antonio | Fort Worth | Atlanta | Baltimore | Houston | Birmingham | Chicago | |
| 1995 | 96 | 849 | 363 | 120 | 1177 | 110 | 181 | 432 | 276 | 360 | 21610 | 142 | 108 | 184 | 325 | 316 | 121 | 824 |
| 1996 | 59 | 711 | 351 | 112 | 983 | 124 | 161 | 414 | 217 | 397 | 19650 | 117 | 68 | 196 | 328 | 261 | 113 | 789 |
| 1997 | 43 | 576 | 267 | 139 | 770 | 103 | 138 | ? | 209 | 301 | 18210 | 95 | 74 | 150 | 312 | 254 | 108 | 757 |
| 1998 | 34 | 426 | 230 | 94 | 633 | 86 | 124 | 338 | 252 | 260 | 16910 | 89 | 64 | 149 | 312 | 254 | 85 | 678 |
| 1999* | 32 | 390 | 172 | 62 | 667 | 66 | 110 | 270 | 180 | 246 | 14712 | 98 | 78 | 136 | 250 | 244 | 94 | 664 |
| -67% | -54% | -53% | -48% | -43% | -40% | -39% | -38% | -35% | -32% | -32% | -31% | -28% | -26% | -23% | -23% | -22% | -19% | |
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