'Bodymore' No More: How Baltimore Reached Record-low Crime Rate | FP Explains

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For a generation, Baltimore was the city from "The Wire". Drug corners, wiretaps, bodies in west Baltimore rowhouses, and a nickname the city gave itself — Bodymore. From January to August 2026, Baltimore recorded 60 murders. In July 2015 alone, it had recorded 45. The city closed 2025 with 133 homicides, its lowest in nearly 50 years, and the independent Council on Criminal Justice now finds Baltimore's homicide rate running 68% below 2019 levels, more than double the decline across its sample of American cities. Here is what Baltimore actually did, what the University of Pennsylvania evaluation found. --- Baltimore Crime | Murder Rate Reduction | The Wire | Urban Safety | Public Policy | Law Enforcement | Community Intervention | Baltimore Police Department | Crime Statistics | FP Explains | Violence Prevention | US Cities | Social Justice | City Governance | American Policing | Firstpost #baltimore #crimereduction #thewire #publicsafety #usnews #urbanplanning #fpexplains #com

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