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Pittsburgh, PA Crime Mapping Shows Neighborhood Trends

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime and Justice News, February 17, 2009. "In Allegheny County, Pa., an area of 730 square miles and 1.2 million people, there were 120 murders last year. In Pittsburgh's Hill District's Addison Terrace apartments, an area of only a few blocks, there were five murders, nearly one for every 100 households, says the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. All five victims were black males; all were shot to death. It was the second bloodiest year on record for the county as a whole, but the violence read more

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