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In Homicides, There Are Two Cities of St. Louis St INSIDE: T-SHIRT AIMS FOR SOLIDARITY, JUSTICE • REINVESTMENT ACT PROPOSAL SPARKS FIGHT • JOBS & EVENTS ST. LOUIS’ OWN HARLEM HELLFIGHTER PAGE 4 METROSTL.COM • VOL. 11 • No. 6 NEWS & VIEWS FROM NORTH ST. LOUIS 02.13.2020 - 02.19.2020 • FREE In homicides, there are two cities of St. Louis 2019 homicides per 1,000 residents 2019 Aggravated assault with a gun But most city neighborhoods experienced By neighborhood per 1,000 residents By neighborhood aggravated assaults with a gun in 2019 0 The number indicates 2 The number indicates 20 the neighborhood’s 0 the neighborhood’s 0.01-0.84 ranking in the table ranking in the table by JIM MERKEL below 0.01-6.4 below But in the Central West End 0.85 -1.68 of The SouthSider neighborhood, no one was a 6.41 -12.8 1.69-2.52 victim of homicide last year. 18 12.81-19.2 18 2.53-3.36 28 44 LEWIS PLACE — If you According to city police 19.21-25.6 3.37-4.2 11 13 lived in the Lewis Place data, the Central West End 4 25.61-32 10 7 26 neighborhood, you’d have was one of 33 neighborhoods Parks 44 7 5 Parks 2 a quick walk to the Ranken where there were no homi- 3 10 12 37 Technical College, the cides in 2019. (Three homi- 36 21 18 26 14 33 6 12 19 6 30 3 13 15 1 Hopewell Village Apartments cides, however, are listed as 37 15 74 28 19 17 34 25 24 and houses of worship such “neighborhood unknown.”) 21 8 50 4 1 11 8 43 31 9 52 63 45 23 58 22 20 5 as the West Side Missionary In Lewis Place, there were 57 53 49 79 52 16 78 31 Baptist Church. seven slayings, out of a 35 16 58 Something else is close — 2010 population of 1,673. 38 45 23 66 27 54 53 63 40 42 54 76 47 48 14 50 worry about personal safety. That gave the neighborhood 61 78 76 68 43 46 42 77 65 27 70 60 70 9 39 62 67 In 2019 in Lewis Place, a a homicide rate of 4.18 per 59 55 72 61 71 38 39 64 65 29 41 73 55 59 A* historic neighborhood direct- thousand, the highest among 68 74 67 70 47 49 48 72 57 41 69 ly across Delmar Boulevard the city’s 79 neighborhoods. 33 36 74 29 64 22 from the Central West End Eight neighborhoods had 75 46 25 77 51 35 neighborhood, one person rates of more than two per 71 24 73 34 62 56 was murdered for every 250 51 75 » SEE CITIES • PAGE 12 32 40 residents. 30 32 Rate 2019 Rate per 2019 Pop. per 1,000 aggr. assaults Pop. 1,000 Poverty, racial divide contribute Neighborhood homicides (2010) residents Neighborhood with a gun (2010) residents 1. Lewis Place 7 1,673 4.18 1. Near North Riverfront 31 553 56.06 to high homicide rate, experts say 2. Riverview 1 304 3.29 2. Mark Twain I-70 Industrial 41 1,295 31.66 3. Wells Goodfellow 16 5,895 2.71 3. Fairground 44 1,793 24.54 4. Walnut Park East 11 4,130 2.66 4. Fountain Park 36 1,484 24.26 by BILL BEENE there were 204. In 2016, mur- 5. Mark Twain I-70 Industrial 3 1,295 2.32 5. Old North St. Louis 44 1,916 22.96 6. Hamilton Heights 7 3,105 2.25 6. Hamilton Heights 70 3,105 22.54 of The NorthSider ders remained outrageously 7. North Riverfront 2 937 2.13 7. Mark Twain 88 4,188 21.01 8. Fountain Park 3 1,484 2.02 8. Jeff-Vander-Lou 114 5,557 20.51 high at 188 bodies counted. 9. Jeff-Vander-Lou 11 5,557 1.98 9. Peabody Darst Webbe 48 2,378 20.19 ST. LOUIS — In the past five Then came 2017. A record 10. Penrose 12 6,387 1.88 10. Walnut Park East 81 4,130 19.61 11. Walnut Park West 6 3,349 1.79 11. Lewis Place 31 1,673 18.53 years, St. Louis has averaged 205 homicides were recorded 12. Kingsway East 6 3,542 1.69 12. Wells Goodfellow 108 5,895 18.32 13. The Greater Ville 10 6,189 1.62 13. Walnut Park West 58 3,349 17.32 192 homicides, according to in the city of St. Louis. The 14. College Hill 3 1,871 1.60 14. Downtown 61 3,721 16.39 St. Louis Metropolitan Police following year the numbers 15. Hyde Park 4 2,668 1.50 15. The Greater Ville 101 6,189 16.32 16. Carr Square 4 2,774 1.44 16. Columbus Square 30 1,869 16.05 Chief John Hayden. still hovered close to 200, re- 17. Academy 4 2,816 1.42 17. College Hill 29 1,871 15.50 18. Baden 10 7,268 1.38 18. Baden 112 7,268 15.41 The numbers are staggering. cording 186. Then even clos- 19. Fairground 2 1,793 1.12 19. Hyde Park 38 2,668 14.24 There were 188 people er last year with 194. 20. Old North St. Louis 2 1,916 1.04 20. Riverview 4 304 13.16 21. Visitation Park 1 960 1.04 21. O'Fallon 76 5,791 13.12 killed in 2015, the highest it 22. St. Louis Place 3 2,939See the1.02 full graphic22. Marine PAGE Villa 12 35 2,691 13.01 » SEE • PAGE 11 23. Downtown West 4 3,940 1.02 23. St. Louis Place 38 2,939 12.93 had been since 1995 when HOMICIDES 24. Mount Pleasant 4 4,408 0.91 24. The Ville 23 1,868 12.31 25. Dutchtown 14 15,770 0.89 25. Academy 34 2,816 12.07 26. Kingsway West 3 3,441 0.87 26. North Riverfront 11 937 11.74 27. Peabody Darst Webbe 2 2,378 0.84 27. Downtown West 46 3,940 11.68 28. North Pointe 3 3,966 0.76 28. West End 73 6,574 11.10 City29. Marine Villa honors2 homeless2,691 0.74 29. Fox Parkman for trying29 2,632 to11.02 help victim of hit-and-run 30. Patch 2 2,695 0.74 30. Kingsway East 39 3,542 11.01 by31. JIMVandeventer MERKEL 1 1,682 to0.59 minister31. Carr to Square a woman who had also29 2,774 10.45 because I have friends and people of32. TheCarondelet SouthSider 5 8,661 0.58 32. Patch 28 2,695 10.39 33. Gravois Park 3 5,225 been0.57 hit33. byKingsway a car. West 35 3,441 10.17 that say, ‘Hey, there’s plenty of jobs, 34. The Ville 1 1,868 0.54The woman34. Mount Pleasant died, and the man,44 4,408 9.98 go get one,’” Vaccaro told members 35. Columbus Square 1 1,869 0.54 35. Dutchtown 154 15,770 9.77 CITY36. O'Fallon HALL — In recent 3weeks, 5,791 the Quinton0.52 36. D.Gravois Carter Park Jr., was hospital50- 5,225 9.57 of the Board of Aldermen. “We can’t 37. West End 3 6,574 0.46 37. Penrose 61 6,387 9.55 Board38. Hi Pointe of Aldermen has passed1 2,196 res - ized0.46 with38. aMcKinley broken Heights collar bone and13 a 1,497 8.68 just keep ignoring the homeless peo- olutions39. Southwest Gardenhonoring such milestones,2 4,885 broken0.41 39.leg.LaSalle But Park local media lauded11 1,299 8.47 ple. We can’t just say, ‘They can go 40. Forest Park Southeast 1 2,918 0.34 40. Carondelet 72 8,661 8.31 groups41. Tower Grove and East events as National2 Human5,853 him,0.34 and41. aldermenBenton Park West passed on Friday32 a 4,404 7.27 get a job.’” 42. Downtown 1 3,721 0.27 42. The Gate District 25 3,456 7.23 Trafficking43. Skinker DeBaliviere Awareness 1 Day,4,077 the resolution0.25 43. Botanicaljoining Heights in with(McRee Town)others who7 1,037 6.75 Because of reversals in his life, Soulard44. Mark Twain Mardi Gras and the1 deaths4,188 of saluted0.24 him.44. North Pointe 26 3,966 6.56 Carter has been homeless for about a 45. Midtown 1 5,652 0.18 45. Vandeventer 11 1,682 6.54 notable46. Bevo Mill citizens. 1 12,654 0.08Twenty-Third46. Tiffany Ward Alderman6 in1,060 general. 5.66 year. He’s been working on programs 47. Tower Grove South 1 13,333 0.08 47. Kings Oak 1 180 5.56 ButUnknown last week, the board3 honored a Joseph 48.Vaccaro,Forest Park Southeast the resolution’s15 2,918“Here’s 5.14a guy with a college degree and activities to get back to work, the homeless man who was struck by a sponsor,49. spokeCovenant Bluof Grand Carter’s Center heroism17 in3,562 business 4.77 management. He can’t get 50. Visitation Park 4 960 4.17 Neighborhoodscar after he with ran no into reported traffic homicides and in tried 2019 and also51. theBevo need Mill to help the homeless44 12,654a job, and3.48 it’s really getting to me, » SEE HERO • PAGE 6 In alphabetical order 52.
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