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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 3, 2025

Memphis ended 2024 with significantly fewer homicides than the previous year. According to the Daily Memphian, 297 people were killed in Memphis last year, a 25% decrease from 2023, when 398 people were killed. Most of the homicides, which also included justifiable killings and instances of vehicular manslaughter, were murders. Last year also marked the lowest number of homicides in the city since 2019, when there were 224. A spokesperson for the Memphis Police Department (MPD) told the paper that a sharper focus on gangs, the hiring of more homicide investigators and the creation of a fugitive task force aimed at arresting those with active warrants helped reduce the homicide count. "While we are encouraged by the reduction in the homicide rate in 2024, we still have work to do in 2025," the department said in an email response.