Fresno homicides are down 60% since 2021

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Violent transgression is down successful the City of Fresno. 

City leaders announced the 2024 convulsive transgression statistic Monday, touting a 97% homicide clearance rate. 

“When you tin lick a execution oregon you tin lick a shooting quickly, you forestall retaliatory benignant pack shootings successful your city,” Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said. 

Overall, Fresno saw 30 homicides, 221 shootings and 2,817 aggravated assaults, including stabbings. 

Fresno besides saw a 16.6% alteration successful rapes and a 1.6% alteration successful robberies. 

Every convulsive transgression class fell successful 2024, but stabbing. 

“We did person much stabbings this year. And erstwhile you talk of aggravated assault, you should cognize they see home unit wherever there's a menace of important wounded to the victim,” Interim Chief Mindy Castro said. 

Dyer says Fresno is overmuch safer than it was conscionable a fewer years ago. 

For example, Fresno had a full of 30 homicides successful 2024. However, successful 2021, Fresno reached its 30th homicide by May 8.

Homicides person decreased 60% since then. 

“Why has convulsive transgression gone down truthful overmuch successful the City of Fresno implicit the past 3 years? There's a fig of reasons for that. But I'd similar to authorities the obvious. And it is that cops count. Police matter,” Dyer said. 

The constabulary section presently has 861 officers but has the capableness for 926. 

“This is simply a hard job. Not conscionable anyone tin bash it, and we're looking for qualified people. We instrumentality earnestly each idiosyncratic that we pin this badge on,” Casto said. 

Casto credits the alteration successful convulsive transgression to the constabulary officers and assemblage involvement. 

“Community engagement without enforcement doesn't work. And enforcement without assemblage engagement doesn't work,” Casto said. 

However, portion convulsive transgression is down, the metropolis says they inactive person a batch of enactment to bash to address other types of crime. 

Dyer says that volition beryllium his fig 1 precedence successful 2025. 

A secondary precedence volition beryllium to prosecute a caller full-time constabulary chief. 

Dyer says the City hired an extracurricular hunt steadfast to find qualified candidates and section leaders volition take the caller main successful March.