Editing Springfield, Ohio (section)

===Crime===
From 2012 through 2014, the city experienced a 21% increase in violent crime; from 618 per 100,000 persons to 750. Also during those years, occurrences of murder and non-negligent manslaughter steadily increased; from 5 to 7.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crime in the United States by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2012|url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/6tabledatadecpdf/table-6|publisher=FBI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Crime in the United States by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2013|url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/6tabledatadecpdf/table-6|publisher=FBI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Crime in the United States by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2014|url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-6|publisher=FBI|access-date=October 30, 2015|archive-date=November 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127080717/https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-6|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Springfield's violent crime reached a 14-year high,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wedell|first1=Katie|title=Violent crime in Springfield at 14-year high|url=http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/crime-law/violent-crime-in-springfield-at-14-year-high/nqqbQ/|work=[[Springfield News-Sun]]|date=March 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wichie|first1=Allison|title=Springfield residents fed up with crime, ready to fight back|url=http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/crime-law/springfield-residents-fed-up-with-crime-ready-to-f/nrGCt/|work=[[Springfield News-Sun]]|access-date=May 3, 2016}}</ref> but this rate has since decreased.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Perry|first1=Parker|title=Most crime rates drop in Springfield in 2018, homicides rise|url=https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/crime--law/most-crime-rates-drop-springfield-2018-homicides-rise/DfGvip8dRj1zI3eHCXoe8H/|work=[[Springfield News-Sun]]|date=March 24, 2019|access-date=August 28, 2019|archive-date=August 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828124400/https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/crime--law/most-crime-rates-drop-springfield-2018-homicides-rise/DfGvip8dRj1zI3eHCXoe8H/|url-status=live}}</ref>