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fire events, from 49,324 incidents in The average incident rate per square
2017 to 45,599 events for 2018.
mile declined from 2017 to 2018 in the
midwest by 13.8 percent, in the north-
Cities with significant declines in east by 5.1 percent and the south by 3.6
gunfire incidents for 2018 include percent.
Savannah, GA (-30.1 percent), Fres-
no, Calif. (-28.9 percent) and Milwau- The only increase was in the western
region where the rate moved up slight-
kee, WI (-24.3 percent).
ly by 3.5 percent.
The average gunshot incident rate per
square mile for 2018 was highest in the
midwest region of the U.S. with 236,
closely followed by the south with 218,
and then dropping to 109 for the west-
ern region and 75 for the northeast.
ShotSpotter has amassed the world’s
largest audio database of gunshots,
and sounds that are similar to gun-
shots, with more than 12 million inci-
dents reviewed.
(See a brief overview of ShotSpotter Flex Gunshot Detection for Cities.)
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