Robert Tracy

The mapping tool, which department officials said cost “several thousand” dollars, gives people several different ways to view crime in the city.

Homicide numbers continue to drop after a near-record high in 2020. Shootings and burglaries are up slightly in 2024 compared to the same time last year.

Federal authorities have sentenced 15 members of south St. Louis gang 55 Boyz for fentanyl dealing, gun crimes and money laundering. The investigation involved St. Louis police and federal agents.

In the past decade, police solved fewer than half of the homicide cases with Black victims and two-thirds of the cases with white ones.

There were 17 people shot in the city in 10 cases from Friday to Sunday. Three of the victims later died.

With a high violent crime rate and claims of inequitable policing in St. Louis, local leaders are questioning the $100,000 per year Chief Robert Tracy receives from local business owners. “Can the criminals get together and pay the chief?” asked one alderwoman.

As public safety officials celebrate record-breaking crime lows in parts of the St. Louis region, community members continue grieving losses.

Milestones include establishing the city’s first Office of Violence Prevention and hiring Police Chief Robert Tracy, whose one-year anniversary was marked on Tuesday.

Homicides dropped by 21% between 2022 and 2023, and juvenile shootings were nearly cut in half last year. City leaders attribute the decline to various police efforts, but crime experts say there's more to consider — including COVID and national trends.

St. Louis police said they have one juvenile in custody following the shooting on Washington Avenue near 14th Street early Sunday morning.