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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Aug 20, 2024

A report compiled by the Major Cities Chiefs Association, a group for police leaders in America's most populous cities to discuss policing challenges, found that violent crime in Memphis is down compared to last year, as it is in many major cities around the country. The findings line up with the Memphis Police Department's own reporting of declining crime trends. The report includes preliminary data from 69 different U.S. cities compiled from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System, which shows major violent crime in those cities had dropped just over 6%. The data tracks the first six months of the year, from Jan. 1 through June 30, and compares it to that same time frame in 2023. The Commercial Appeal has the story.