Hello,

Usually in the hot summers, it seems as if the homicide rate picks up. Yet, even during our 100 degree days, unless WDIV/FREEP/DETNEWS were simply not reporting homicides, it seems like there has been dramatically less in the last few weeks. The DPD crime mapping data has us 8.5% lower than last year as of July 15, and it should be updated tomorrow.

http://www.detroitmi.gov/Departments...tatistics.aspx