Kalamazoo, Michigan

==Crime==
Kalamazoo has a higher crime rate than the national average. Crime is spread throughout Kalamazoo and is especially high in the inner neighborhoods such as Edison, the Northside and Vine. Crime is lower in the downtown area and most of the southwest area.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.crimemapping.com/map/mi/kalamazoo |title = CrimeMapping.com - Helping You Build a Safer Community |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161018210205/http://www.crimemapping.com/map/mi/kalamazoo |archive-date = October 18, 2016 |access-date = October 17, 2016 }}</ref> The aggravated assault rate in 2015 was 793.3 per 100,000<ref>{{cite web |url = https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-8/table-8-state-pieces/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_michigan_by_city_2015.xls |title = Table 8 - Michigan |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161018205728/https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-8/table-8-state-pieces/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_michigan_by_city_2015.xls |archive-date = October 18, 2016 }}</ref>—3.3 times the national average. The murder rate was 12.5 per 100,000 in 2010 and 7.9 in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Kalamazoo-Michigan.html |title = Crime in Kalamazoo, Michigan (MI): murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers, crime map |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161018220350/http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Kalamazoo-Michigan.html |archive-date = October 18, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-1 |title = Table 1 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170602183436/https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-1/ |archive-date = June 2, 2017 }}</ref> The [[2016 Kalamazoo shootings]] by Uber driver Jason Dalton claimed 6 lives and caused 2 serious injuries in [[Kalamazoo County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxygen.com/criminal-confessions/crime-news/uber-shooter-jason-dalton-motive-kalamazoo-rampage |title=Uber Shooter Jason Dalton Discusses Motive For Killing Rampage &#124; Crime News |website=Oxygen.com |date= December 21, 2019|access-date=2022-03-08}}</ref> Between 2008 and 2013 firearms were involved in 61% of homicides in Kalamazoo county compared to 77% statewide.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2015/08/see_what_percent_of_homicides.html?appSession=60189432770186746438743020048497131411779985518153351306611022128467272235327045412605481904269081550830612047110279502232643929 |title = Look up Michigan gun homicide numbers in your county |website = MLive.com |date = August 24, 2015 |publisher = Booth Newspapers |access-date = April 27, 2018 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904201736/http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2015/08/see_what_percent_of_homicides.html?appSession=60189432770186746438743020048497131411779985518153351306611022128467272235327045412605481904269081550830612047110279502232643929 |archive-date = September 4, 2017 }}</ref>