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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For additional context in 1995 PG had 147 murders, DC had 320, and Montgomery County had 20. To be just as dangerous, if not 20% more dangerous, as it was at the height of the crack epidemic is not good. Especially when PG’s and DC’s murder stats are a fraction of what they were then. [/quote]
Also 1995 was not the height of the crack epidemic.[/quote]

Should we mark that year at 1991, when DC recorded 490 murders while Montgomery County recorded 28 murders? That 28 murder figure in 1991 is just 4 murders shy of last year’s total for murders even though DC is a MUCH safer city now by any metric. This should trouble everyone, but it is NBD for some reason.

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1993/rt9312/931220/12200022.htm[/quote]

Moreover, in 1991 there were 10 murders in Arlington and in 1995 there were 15 murders in Arlington. Between 2023-2025 there were a total of 4 murders in Arlington.

Meanwhile, Montgomery County had 20
murders in 1991 and 28 murders in 1995. Between 2023-2025 there were 65 murders in Montgomery County.

To me, this paints a stark picture about local political choices and the effects that policy differences have on the trajectory of a county. We need to do better. [/quote]

If you adjusted for population size in 1991 and 1995 to accurately compare the murder rate, [b]Arlington would have had more than double the murder rate of Montgomery County back then[/b]. Arlington had around 180,000 people, while Montgomery County had more than 800,000 people during the 90s.

Local political decisions matter.[/quote]

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