The murder rate in St. Louis, Mo. for all of 2020 was higher than it’s been in roughly five decades, falling just short of the city's all-time record, according to local reports.
St. Louis' Metropolitan Police Department reported 262 people murdered in 2020 — just five fewer than the record of 267, which was set in 1993.
However, city data show the homicide rate was higher in 2020 because the city’s population has declined from more than 395,000 in 1990 to approximately 348,000 in 2000 and 319,000 in 2010.
The city's homicide rate, however, reached 87 murders per 100,000 residents for the year — the highest rate on record since 1970, the St.