DETROIT – The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other with an increase in some crimes committed. “We ended the year with the following increases: Homicide, 327 (in 2020), compared to 274 in 2019, aggravated assaults, 12,003 compared to 9,920,” said Detroit Police Chief Craig during a press conference. READ: DPD Chief: Overall Detroit crime fell in 2020, but homicides up“It’s clear that the pandemic was the single most factor in driving violence in our cities, including here in Detroit,” he said. Boston saw a 52% increase,” Craig said. Craig said the stats for 2020 are far worse compared to the late 1980s and 1990s.

DETROIT – When crime statistics for 2019 were released earlier this year, Detroit found itself leading the country in violent crime. In 2014, it was used in a 2.18 square mile area of the ninth precinct. In the two-year period of the pilot program, ShotSpotter produced 18 search warrants, 30 weapons recovered, 571 rounds of ammunition collected and nine felony arrests, according to Detroit police. “Those are not eye-popping statistics, but we got some dangerous criminals off the streets,” says Detroit City Councilman Scott Benson. That works out to about $371,000 per year, or $62,500 per square mile, according to Benson.