East County News Service

March 7, 2016 (San Diego) – Last year,  83 people were victims of homicides in San Diego County, a 12% increase over the year before.  But San Diego still ranks as having the lowest murder rate among the nation’s ten biggest cities.  While San Diego’s murder rate last year was 2.7 per 100,000 residents, Philadelphia and Chicago, the worst cities in the nation for homicides, had 16 and 17 murders for every 100,000 residents, over five times higher than America’s Finest City.