Grand Rapids, Michigan

===Crime===
The homicide rate in Grand Rapids was at its highest in the early 1990s, with the highest number of homicides being 34 in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |date = July 18, 2020 |title = Grand Rapids' 19 homicides so far in 2020: Where, when and how they happened |url = https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/07/grand-rapids-19-homicides-so-far-in-2020-where-when-and-how-they-happened.html |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = MLive |language = en |archive-date = July 27, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200727211149/https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/07/grand-rapids-19-homicides-so-far-in-2020-where-when-and-how-they-happened.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date = April 22, 2008 |title = Shooting death of Grand Rapids girl, 8, unforgotten and unsolved 15 years later |url = https://www.mlive.com/grpress/2008/04/family_marks_shooting_death_of.html |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = [[The Grand Rapids Press]] |language = en |archive-date = December 5, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201205062629/https://www.mlive.com/grpress/2008/04/family_marks_shooting_death_of.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The average annual number of homicides in Grand Rapids between 2010 and 2020 was 12.4.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |date = January 2, 2020 |title = Homicides increase in 2019 for Grand Rapids, Kent County |url = https://www.mlive.com/news/j66j-2020/01/36d87ecd8f5132/homicides-increase-in-2019-for-grand-rapids-kent-county.html |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = MLive |language = en |archive-date = July 24, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200724105838/https://www.mlive.com/news/j66j-2020/01/36d87ecd8f5132/homicides-increase-in-2019-for-grand-rapids-kent-county.html |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2014, Grand Rapids experienced the lowest homicide rate in fifty years, with six murders occurring that year.<ref>{{Cite web |date = January 14, 2015 |title = Six homicides in 2014 brings Grand Rapids to lowest figure in decades |url = https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2015/01/six_homicides_in_2014_puts_gra.html |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = MLive |language = en |archive-date = November 25, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201125141625/https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2015/01/six_homicides_in_2014_puts_gra.html |url-status = live }}</ref> 
<ref>{{Cite web |date = March 12, 2021 |title = Mourning most violent year, West Michigan seeks answers |url = https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/mourning-most-violent-year-west-michigan-seeks-answers/ |access-date = September 30, 2021 |website = WOODTV.com |language = en-US |archive-date = September 30, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210930193234/https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/mourning-most-violent-year-west-michigan-seeks-answers/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date = January 27, 2022 |title = Surge in auto thefts hits Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, where nearly 2 cars stolen per day |url = https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/01/surge-in-auto-thefts-hits-grand-rapids-and-kalamazoo-where-nearly-2-cars-stolen-per-day.html |access-date = January 28, 2022 |website = MLive |language = en |archive-date = January 27, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220127122631/https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/01/surge-in-auto-thefts-hits-grand-rapids-and-kalamazoo-where-nearly-2-cars-stolen-per-day.html |url-status = live }}</ref>