Editing Racine, Wisconsin (section)

=== Crime rates ===
Racine employs [[Community policing|community-oriented policing]], the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to address the immediate conditions that give rise to crime. The number of crimes committed in the city in 2013 dropped in several categories to the lowest point in decades. Racine saw a 38.3 percent drop in violent crime from 2009 to 2013, making it the 10th largest decrease in the country. Property crimes were at their lowest point since 1965, while the number of violent crimes was the lowest for any year on record.<ref>Aaron Knapp, [http://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fewest-violent-crimes-on-record-in/article_84cee170-8d97-11e3-b18b-001a4bcf887a.html "Fewest violent crimes on record in 2013"], ''Racine Journal Times'', February 4, 2014.</ref><ref>The Journal Times Editorial Board, [http://journaltimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/friday-finishers-good-news-on-crime/article_d6180acc-8f7f-11e3-9e22-0019bb2963f4.html "Friday Finishers: Good news on crime"], ''Racine Journal Times'', February 7, 2014.</ref><ref>Heather Asiyanbi, [http://racinecountyeye.com/2014/02/04/city-robberies-property-crime-homicide-lowest-decades/ "City Robberies, Property Crime, Homicide Lowest in Decades"], ''Racine County Eye'', February 4, 2012. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407073008/http://racinecountyeye.com/2014/02/04/city-robberies-property-crime-homicide-lowest-decades/ |date=April 7, 2014 }}</ref>

However, that trend has since changed. As of 2018, the chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Racine is 1 in 37, thus making the city's crime rate higher than 92% of Wisconsin's other cities and towns.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Racine, WI Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout|url=https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/wi/racine/crime#:~:text=The%20chance%20of%20becoming%20a,and%20towns%20of%20all%20sizes.|access-date=2020-06-19|website=www.neighborhoodscout.com}}</ref>