Violent crime in Newark is down. Mayor Ras Baraka says homicides are the lowest in 60 years. CSloanTV talked to residents about what New Jersey's largest city is doing to improve safety.
released statistics on Friday showing violent crimes went down in the city in 2022. Mayor Ras Baraka said homicides are at a 60-year low.
"To me it means that there's 15 percent less funerals that we have to go to, less trauma," said Baraka. "But it still happens. You can't get rid of it entirely. All you can do is try to contain it," one person said. "The biggest thing is throughout the whole county numbers are up. So for Newark to have numbers down is extremely incredible," said Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Frage.
"We have social workers, outreach workers, victim advocates that people can walk in and get assistance and get help when they don't want to walk into a police station, because there's still that lack of trust with law enforcement," said Lakeesha Eure, director of the Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery.
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