Never been to Richmond. Was surprised to see it compared to Chicago.

Quote:RICHMOND, Va. – In the first 36 days of 2017, violent crime is up 25 percent in Richmond, a statistic city police aren't proud of, but it’s something they are working to combat.

Already in 2017, South Richmond resident Jasmine Miles has seen home invasions, shootings, stabbings, robberies and murders close to her home.

"I’m already in this area and I could potentially have children and bring them into this environment,” Miles said. “It’s scary. It makes me not even want to procreate.”

Police said they are trying to slow down the bloodshed that led to the spike in crime.

"Any shootings, violent crime, or homicide is one too many,” said Deputy Chief Steve Drew. “We saw a spike in homicides last year and that is not going to be our new norm. We are not going to accept that.”

The trend of violence from 2016 spilled into the New Year. There have already been nine murders in 2017, and if something doesn't change, Richmond is on pace for 108 in total.

For residents on Facebook comparing the city's violence to a “mini-Chicago,” CBS 6 asked Richmond Police how farfetched that premise really is -- with Chicago's crime up by just 24 percent.

“The percentage is close, but the population is very, very different,” said Deputy Chief Drew. “The numbers in a smaller city make a bigger influence on the percentage rate, for sure."

Police said they aren't in the fight alone.

"Just the other day I saw a guy run across the street with a big gun,” said Vinay Gideon.

That’s the kind of information which helps police, who said they rely on Richmond residents to help clean the streets by supplying information.

One rate police would like to see increase is the rate of crime-solved cases.

"When we get homicides in our city, a lot of people come forward and they want to share information, but when we see shootings, we don't get so much of that,” said Drew. “We get individuals, victims of those shootings that want to take matters into their own hands or get their friends to handle it, we get the retaliation."

"When we see those things, we get neighborhoods against neighborhoods and innocent people between those things," Drew added.

Out of the nine homicides this year, Deputy Chief Drew says RPD's violent crime unit has good information on criminals who may have been involved, and said they're building the case in some of those homicides. One homicide has been closed this year.

Drew said he hopes the news about arrests in those cases could be out by the end of this week.

http://wtvr.com/2017/02/06/spike-in-viol...o-chicago/

that's why I stay in the West End when I'm there.

It's a steaming turd of a city.

Caa used to have their tournament there. O so Glad they moved it to Charleston

I think the West side of the town is nice

Don't cross the river and you'll be fine. If you cross the river you'll know you ****** up immediately.

(02-08-2017 12:52 AM)solohawks Wrote:  Caa used to have their tournament there. O so Glad they moved it to Charleston

It's in North Charleston so it ain't going to be much better.

As long as the collisium does not leak it can't be worse

Lol.

What? Baltimoron wasn't pretty enough any longer?

I'm in the burbs of Richmond, but have a LOT of friends, workers, employees etc that all hail from somewhere within the limits. As well as friends kids that are VCPoo students and the like.

I moved here when R-mond was the murder capital of the nation, per capita.

Guess what? That was almost exactly one generation ago.

Some things are learned in school. Some things are learned at a job. Some things are learned in sports. Some things are learned in the home.

For too many of these kids that will be victims on either end of a gun, where is the breakdown? It's discouraging to say the least,

there's a good pool of educated work force in that metro. It still has the good old boy network, but I don't think its a shithole.

(02-08-2017 12:55 AM)Niner National Wrote:  Don't cross the river and you'll be fine. If you cross the river you'll know you ****** up immediately.

???

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Terry Mcauliffe's State?

Per the CAA comment,.. North Charleston is no better.

As afar as shooting and murders,... That's old news. Back in the eighties under Douglas Wilder,.. the first black Governor also the person responsible for Allen Iverson, not being incarcerated his entire life,..Richmond had the honor of that Chicago enjoys today.

Weird that Baaawlmer, Md, Chicago, Ricond, N. Charleston, are all under Democrat "Leadership".

Richmond is a dump.

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(02-07-2017 11:55 PM)fsquid Wrote:  that's why I stay in the West End when I'm there.

So you drive north in order to go south. ?!

Under Obama this trend is becoming a national epidemic in nearly all US cities Large , Medium and Small. Seems It's become the trendy thing to do among inner city youth that have nothing to do.

(02-08-2017 07:56 AM)Hood-rich Wrote:  Richmond is a dump.

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Richmond has some awful neighborhoods for sure that are responsible for the crime, especially East of Shockoe and around and North of Broad (including the Coliseum area), but it is largely NOT a dump. Actually it is one of my favorite cities. Great history, restaurants, parks, and trails. Can't speak for Chicago as I have never been outside of O'Hare (I'll get back to you in July as I am going to a conference there).

(02-08-2017 07:58 AM)South Carolina Duke Wrote:  

(02-07-2017 11:55 PM)fsquid Wrote:  that's why I stay in the West End when I'm there.

So you drive north in order to go south. ?!

South is nice, West is nice, North and East get sketchy. I'm not sure why people on here are schitting on South Richmond. That is Chesterfield, which is deep red and suburban, and within the city limits the Forest Hill area, which is almost all upper-middle class among huge river parks and trails.

Clickbait.

The murder rate in Richmond is actually down from 10 years ago and way down from 20 years ago, but has increased in the last two years.

(02-08-2017 08:59 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(02-08-2017 07:56 AM)Hood-rich Wrote:  Richmond is a dump.

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Richmond has some awful neighborhoods for sure that are responsible for the crime, especially East of Shockoe and around and North of Broad (including the Coliseum area), but it is largely NOT a dump. Actually it is one of my favorite cities. Great history, restaurants, parks, and trails. Can't speak for Chicago as I have never been outside of O'Hare (I'll get back to you in July as I am going to a conference there).

My brother in law went to VCU. He lived in a crappy area IMO. Everything I saw there was sketchy.