Crime Statistics

As of August, homicides in St. Louis are up 60 percent compared with last year, according to recently released statistics from the St. Louis Metropolitan…

The 2013 crime statistics for the city of St. Louis were released last week, with mostly positive results. The city continued its five-year downward trend…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: A regional plan to attack youth violence by paying more attention to perpetrators and improving the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 20, 2013 - “I never put two and two together, that it was my father…I mean, it’s St. Louis…

It was a crowded agenda for the five members of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners today. Here's a recap of some of the main agenda…

The City of St. Louis released its annual crime statistics on Wednesday.The numbers show a 12.4 percent decrease in so-called “Part One” crimes, such as…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 20, 2012 - One winter afternoon in 2010, the lives of Keairrah Johnson, 23, and a companion…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 21, 2012 - Earlier this month, Sarah Billingsley-Walker — 18, a Vashon High School honors…

Updated at 5:43 p.m. to include comments from Chief Isom and correction in data.There's more good news on crime today in the St. Louis area.The St. Louis…

1971: that was the last time the number of serious crimes was as low as it was in 2011 in St. Louis County, a report from the St. Louis County Police…