The wave of homicides that has swept over big cities and small towns since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic continued across the United States through 2021, according to crime data. But Dallas, the nation’s ninth-largest city, bucked the trend.
In Los Angeles, homicides jumped by 12 percent compared to 2020. Chicago saw more than 800 in 2021, its largest total in 25 years, while Philadelphia logged 559, the most on record there.
