Violent crime is at a 50-year low.
Camden, considered one of the most dangerous cities in the country just over a decade ago, experienced zero homicides this summer, with violent crime reaching a 50-year low.
As of Monday, homicides were down 43% compared with this time last year.
The benchmark is in line with what cities like Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Detroit are experiencing, following spikes in violence during the COVID-19 lockdowns. For those cities, the reasons behind the decline in homicides can be difficult to pin down.
But in Camden, which officials said did not experience a drastic surge in homicides and violent crimeduring the pandemic, officials and grassroots groups see the marked reduction in violent crime as the result of a decision to take a multipronged approach to addressing violence that started with the controversial disbanding of its city police department in 2013.
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