Crime Watch
Birmingham ranks as No. 4 in the FBI overall crime list. That Top 10 ranking has dogged the city for years.
Even as crime drops in Birmingham and nationwide, can Birmingham shake the reality and the perception of danger?
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Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks
- A 30-day series from August 2009 celebrating the city’s most notorious crooks, whether they be liars, thieves, extortionists, swindlers or thugs.
Links
- Searching for Safetown, an investigative series from WBHM (90.3 FM): Part one | two | three | four | five | six | seven
- Birmingham at a Crossroads, an investigative series from the Birmingham News, “Urban violence drives crime rate”: Part one | two | three | four
- Homicides by year on Bhamwiki, including 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004
- The Birmingham News: “Homicides in Jefferson, Shelby counties decrease in 2007”
- Victims of Birmingham Crime on MySpace
- Justice and Juveniles: Top-down and grassroots presentations prolong the conversation
Homicides in Birmingham
2010
View Larger Map | Jeremy Gray/The Birmingham News
2009
View Larger Map | Robert Sims/The Birmingham News
2008
View Larger Map | Torraine Norris/The Birmingham News
2007
View Larger Map | Torraine Norris/The Birmingham News
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