Editing East St. Louis, Illinois (section)

==Crime==
A 2007 study in the journal ''[[Homicide Studies]]'' noted that "East St. Louis has consistently experienced a high [[violent crime]] rate and continues to report a substantial number of annual homicides."<ref>Adam M. Watkins & Scott H. Decker, "Patterns of Homicide in East St. Louis," ''[[Homicide Studies]]'', Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 2007), pp. 30–49.</ref> In 2013, the per capita homicide rate in East St. Louis was about 18 times the national average,<ref>Sam Levin, [https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2013/03/28/gun-control-dick-durbin-wants-to-lower-east-st-louis-homicide-rate-18-times-us-average Gun Control: Dick Durbin Wants to Lower East St. Louis Homicide Rate, 18 Times U.S. Average], ''Riverfront Times'' (March 28, 2013).</ref> and had the highest homicide rate of any city in the United States.<ref>Tim Delaney, ''Social Deviance'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), p. 123.</ref>

According to the FBI [[Uniform Crime Reports]], in 2015 East St. Louis (with a population of 26,616), had 19 cases of murder and non-negligent manslaughter, 42 cases of rape, 146 cases of robbery, 682 cases of aggravated assault, and 12 cases of arson.<ref>[https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-8/table-8-state-pieces/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_illinois_by_city_2015.xls Table 8: Illinois: Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City, 2015], ''Crime in the United States, 2015''.</ref> In 2016, [[NeighborhoodScout]] released rankings indicating that East St. Louis had the highest [[murder]] rate of any city in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/top-lists/highest-murder-rate-cities/|title=Top 30 Highest Murder Rate Cities in the U.S. 2016|website=Neighborhoodscout.com|access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

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