Report says St. Pete has a homicide problem

The city of St. Petersburg has one of the worst homicide problems in the nation, according to a recent study from WalletHub.

The study, which evaluated 40 of the largest cities in the U.S. based on per capita homicides in the second quarter of 2021, 2022 and 2023, ranked St. Pete seventh worst in the nation.

St. Pete’s homicide rate change from the second quarter of 2022 to the second quarter of 2023 was 1.16, second worst of cities evaluated. From the second quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2023 though, homicides actually went down, with a -0.39 change.

– Staff Reports, Florida Politics