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2016 Murder Data

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https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/murder_2016/_r/-/README.md
https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/murder_2016/_r/-/data/murder_2015_final.csv
https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/murder_2016/_r/-/data/murder_2016_prelim.csv
https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/murder_2016/_r/-/datapackage.json
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datapackage.jsonmetadata & schema
https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/murder_2016/_r/-/datapackage.json
README.mddocumentation
https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/murder_2016/_r/-/README.md
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murder_2016_prelim

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Data Files

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murder_2015_final
2.35 kB6 days ago
murder_2015_final
murder_2016_prelim
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murder_2016_prelim
FilesSizeFormatCreatedUpdatedLicenseSource
28.15 kBcsv6 days agoFiveThirtyEight - Murder_2016

2016 Murder Data

This folder contains data behind the story A Handful Of Cities Are Driving 2016's Rise In Murder.

murder_2016_prelim.csv contains preliminary 2016 murder counts for 79 large U.S. cities. 2015 figures are counts through the same data a year ago. Sources are listed in the file.

murder_2015_final.csv contains full-year 2014 and 2015 murder counts for all U.S. cities with at least 250,000 residents. Source is FBI Uniform Crime Reports.

This dataset was scraped from FiveThirtyEight - murder_2016