A brand new interactive map lays out the variety of gun homicides in California since 2014, and the numbers are staggering. The map is a results of a partnership between the Hope and Heal Fund and Romo GIS Enterprise.
The map provides an in depth examination of the greater than 12,800 gun homicides in California at a micro stage, right down to which avenue the shootings passed off on. That is the primary time that Californians can see this many particulars about shootings throughout the state.
The information is grouped collectively in clusters to characterize the density of gun homicides in a selected county or space. The most important clusters in California are within the San Francisco Bay Space and the Higher Los Angeles Space. The clusters within the two areas characterize 5,900 gun deaths or greater than 46% of all California gun deaths over the nine-year interval.
The variety of gun deaths in California grew after 2019. Whereas California gun homicides peaked at 1,800 in 2021, they went right down to 1,700 gun deaths within the state in 2022.
“The map clearly illustrates that non-urban settings are being impacted and contribute closely to the entire firearm homicides,” the report from Hope and Heal states.
Southern California Counties
Gun homicides are extra frequent within the Higher Los Angeles space than in every other a part of the Golden State, in accordance with the info shared by Hope and Heal. Round 3,800 gun homicides passed off between 2014 and 2022 in or round Los Angeles County.
- Los Angeles – 3,800+
- San Bernardino – 863
- Orange – 394
- Riverside – 697
- San Diego – 584
- Ventura – 145
- Santa Barbara – 110
Bay Space Counties
The cluster of gun homicides within the Bay Space represents round 2,100 gun deaths over the nine-year interval. The gun homicides within the Bay Space are concentrated within the East Bay, the place greater than 1,200 deaths passed off.
- Alameda – 951
- Contra Costa – 416
- Marin – 32
- Napa – 21
- San Francisco – 287
- San Mateo – 82
- Santa Clara – 320
- Solano – 196
- Sonoma- 69
Northern California Counties (not together with Bay Space)
Northern California had a number of the fewest gun homicides within the state. The Redding space noticed 111 gun deaths, and the Eureka space had 47 gun deaths between 2014 and 2022.
- Del Norte – 4
- Humboldt – 70
- Mendocino – 23
- Modoc – 4
- Shasta – 68
- Siskiyou – 20
- Tehama – 39
- Trinity – 14
North-Central California Counties
The most important cluster of gun homicides in North Central California passed off within the Sacramento space, which represents 609 gun deaths over 9 years.
- Amador – 13
- Sacramento – 609
- San Joaquin – 437
- El Dorado – 28
- Lake – 23
- Nevada – 13
- Placer – 45
- Sutter – 26
- Plumas – 1
- Yolo – 35
- Yuba – 30
Central California Counties
Central California’s largest cluster of gun homicides passed off in Fresno County Fresno noticed 580 gun deaths over 9 years.
- Fresno – 580
- Kings – 52
- Madera – 43
- Mariposa – 5
- Merced – 147
- Monterey – 225
- San Benito – 7
- Stanislaus – 208
- Tulare – 194
- Tuolumne – 8
- Calaveras – 10
- Kern – 80
- San Luis Obispo – 20
- Santa Cruz – 41
Hope and Heal Fund says a objective of the venture was to “counter inaccurate assumptions concerning city facilities being driver of gun homicides in California.” The map additionally clarifies the various kinds of gun violence occurring throughout the state, particularly these associated to intimate associate violence.
“Presently, common murder knowledge from regulation enforcement businesses usually overlook the affect and frequency of intimate associate homicides, resulting in misconceptions in regards to the main drivers of gun violence,” Cuco Rodriguez, Hope and Heal Fund’s Chief Strategist and Fairness Officer mentioned.
