The Bay Area experienced the second-highest gun-related deaths in the state, a new study found, and not surprisingly, the most deaths occured in the East Bay.
, California had a gun homicide rate of nine deaths per 100,000 residents in 2021, and Mississippi led the nation with 33.9 deaths per 100,000 residents.
California had the second-highest total of gun-related homicides with 3,576 deaths statewide in 2021, second to Texas' 4,613 and just ahead of Florida's 3,142 – both states had higher per capita rates than California. Additionally, the data gathered for the project lacks detailed information on the reasoning behind why the deaths happened, something the authors acknowledged and called for police departments to be more transparent with information.
"General homicide data emanating from law enforcement is not fully disaggregated and may minimize the impact and numbers of homicides deriving from intimate partner violence, which can lead the public and policymakers to conclude that all or most gun homicides are associated with ‘street violence’ or ‘community violence’ and are the primary drivers of gun violence," the authors state.
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