In Homicides, There Are Two Cities of St. Louis
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INSIDE: MORE LIVES LOST TO DRUGS THAN GUNS • SOCCER STADIUM PLAN ADVANCES • JOBS & EVENTS TSHIRT AIMS FOR SOLIDARITY, JUSTICE PAGE 7 METROSTL.COM • VOL. 2 • No. 6 NEWS & VIEWS FROM SOUTH ST. LOUIS 02.11.2020 - 02.17.2020 • FREE In homicides, there are two cities of St. Louis But most city neighborhoods experienced 2019 homicides per 1,000 residents 2019 Aggravated assault with a gun By neighborhood per 1,000 residents aggravated assaults with a gun in 2019 By neighborhood 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 But in the Central West End below 0.01-6.4 below of The SouthSider 0.85 -1.68 neighborhood, no one was a 6.41 -12.8 1.69-2.52 victim of homicide last year. 18 28 18 12.81-19.2 LEWIS PLACE — If you 2.53-3.36 44 According to city police 19.21-25.6 lived in the Lewis Place data, the Central West End 3.37-4.2 11 13 4 25.61-32 10 neighborhood, you’d have was one of 33 neighborhoods 7 26 Parks 44 7 a quick walk to the Ranken where there were no homi- 5 Parks 2 3 10 12 37 Technical College, the cides in 2019. (Three homi- 36 21 18 26 14 33 6 12 19 6 30 3 Hopewell Village Apartments cides, however, are listed as 13 15 1 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 as the West Side Missionary In Lewis Place, there were 58 22 20 5 57 53 49 Baptist Church. seven slayings, out of a 79 52 16 78 31 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 In 2019 in Lewis Place, a a homicide rate of 4.18 per 62 67 59 55 72 61 71 38 39 64 65 29 historic neighborhood direct- thousand, the highest among 41 73 55 59 A* 68 74 ly across Delmar Boulevard the city’s 79 neighborhoods. 67 70 47 49 48 72 57 41 69 33 36 from the Central West End Eight neighborhoods had 74 29 64 22 75 neighborhood, one person rates of more than two per 46 25 77 51 35 71 24 73 34 was murdered for every 250 62 56 CITIES 51 75 residents. » SEE • PAGE 12 32 40 30 32 Rate 2019 Rate per Poverty, racial divide contribute 2019 Pop. per 1,000 aggr. assaults Pop. 1,000 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 by BILL BEENE murder rate remained outra- 4. Walnut Park East 11 4,130 2.66 4. Fountain Park 36 1,484 24.26 5. Mark Twain I-70 Industrial 3 1,295 2.32 5. Old North St. Louis 44 1,916 22.96 of The NorthSider geously high at 188 bodies 6. Hamilton Heights 7 3,105 2.25 6. Hamilton Heights 70 3,105 22.54 7. North Riverfront 2 937 2.13 7. Mark Twain 88 4,188 21.01 ST. LOUIS – In the past five counted. 8. Fountain Park 3 1,484 2.02 8. Jeff-Vander-Lou 114 5,557 20.51 years, St. Louis has averaged Then came 2017. A record 9. Jeff-Vander-Lou 11 5,557 1.98 9. Peabody Darst Webbe 48 2,378 20.19 10. Penrose 12 6,387 1.88 10. Walnut Park East 81 4,130 19.61 192 homicides, according to 205 homicides were recorded 11. Walnut Park West 6 3,349 1.79 11. Lewis Place 31 1,673 18.53 12. Kingsway East 6 3,542 1.69 12. Wells Goodfellow 108 5,895 18.32 St. Louis Metropolitan Police in the city of St. Louis. The 13. The Greater Ville 10 6,189 1.62 13. Walnut Park West 58 3,349 17.32 Chief John Hayden. following year the numbers 14. College Hill 3 1,871 1.60 14. Downtown 61 3,721 16.39 15. Hyde Park 4 2,668 1.50 15. The Greater Ville 101 6,189 16.32 The numbers are staggering. still hovered close to 200, re- 16. Carr Square 4 2,774 1.44 16. Columbus Square 30 1,869 16.05 17. Academy 4 2,816 1.42 17. College Hill 29 1,871 15.50 There were 188 people cording 186. Then even clos- 18. Baden 10 7,268 1.38 18. Baden 112 7,268 15.41 killed in 2015, the highest it er last year with 194. 19. Fairground 2 1,793 1.12 19. Hyde Park 38 2,668 14.24 20. Old North St. Louis 2 1,916 1.04 20. Riverview 4 304 13.16 had been since 1995 when 21. Visitation Park 1 960 1.04 21. O'Fallon 76 5,791 13.12 22. St. Louis Place 3 2,939 1.02 22. Marine Villa 35 2,691 13.01 there were 204. In 2016, the » SEE HOMICIDES • PAGE 11 23. Downtown West 4 3,940See the1.02 full graphic23. St. PAGE Louis Place 12 38 2,939 12.93 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 City honors homeless man 29.forMarine Villa trying to2 help2,691 0.74victim29. Fox Park of hit-and-run29 2,632 11.02 30. Patch 2 2,695 0.74 30. Kingsway East 39 3,542 11.01 31. Vandeventer 1 1,682 0.59 31. Carr Square 29 2,774 10.45 32. Carondelet 5 8,661 0.58 32. Patch 28 2,695 10.39 by JIM MERKEL car after he ran into traffic33. Gravois and Park tried 3 5,225 0.57 33. Kingsway West“Here’s a guy with35 a college3,441 degree10.17 of The SouthSider to minister to a woman who34. The hadVille also 1 1,868 0.54 34. Mount Pleasantin business management.44 4,408 He can’t9.98 get 35. Columbus Square 1 1,869 0.54 35. Dutchtown 154 15,770 9.77 been hit by a car. 36. O'Fallon 3 5,791 0.52 36. Gravois Parka job, and it’s really50 getting 5,225 to me,9.57 be- 37. West End 3 6,574 0.46 37. Penrose 61 6,387 9.55 CITY HALL — In recent weeks, the The woman died, and38. Hithe Pointe man, 1 2,196 0.46 38. McKinley causeHeights I have friends13 and1,497 people 8.68that Board of Aldermen has passed res- Quinton D. Carter Jr., was39. Southwest hospital Garden- 2 4,885 0.41 39. LaSalle Parksay, ‘Hey, there’s plenty11 1,299 of jobs,8.47 go 40. Forest Park Southeast 1 2,918 0.34 40. Carondelet 72 8,661 8.31 olutions honoring such milestones, ized with a broken collar41. boneTower Grove and East a 2 5,853 0.34 41. Benton Parkget West one,’” Vaccaro 32told 4,404members 7.27 of 42. Downtown 1 3,721 0.27 42. The Gate District 25 3,456 7.23 groups and events as National Human broken leg. But local media43. Skinker lauded DeBaliviere 1 4,077 0.25 43. Botanicalthe Heights Board (McRee Town) of Aldermen.7 1,037 “We can’t6.75 Trafficking Awareness Day, the him, and aldermen passed44. onMark Friday Twain a 1 4,188 0.24 44. North Pointejust keep ignoring the26 homeless3,966 peo6.56 - 45. Midtown 1 5,652 0.18 45. Vandeventer 11 1,682 6.54 Soulard Mardi Gras and the deaths of resolution joining in with46. othersBevo Mill who 1 12,654 0.08 46. Tiffany ple. We can’t just say,6 ‘They1,060 can5.66 go 47. Tower Grove South 1 13,333 0.08 47. Kings Oak 1 180 5.56 notable citizens. saluted him. Unknown sponsor, spoke3 of Carter’s heroism48. Forest Parkget Southeast a job.’” 15 2,918 5.14 But last week, the board honored a Twenty-Third Ward Alderman and also the need to help the home49. Covenant- Blu Grand Center 17 3,562 4.77 50. Visitation Park 4 960 4.17 homeless man who was struck by a Joseph Vaccaro, the Neighborhoodsresolution’s with noless reported in general. homicides in 2019 51. Bevo Mill » SEE44 HERO12,654 • PAGE3.48 6 In alphabetical order 52. Skinker DeBaliviere 14 4,077 3.43 53.