Public Safety Institute
Archived Media Releases and News Items
2025 Media Releases
2024 Media Releases
2023 Media Releases
- Domestic Violence Involving Guns
- Incidents Involving Guns
- Overall Crimes
- Property Crimes
- Violent Crimes
2020 Newsletters
2020 Media Releases
- 4th Quarter | Jan-Dec
- 3rd Quarter | Jan-Sept
- 2nd Quarter | Jan-June
- 1st Quarter | Jan-Mar
- 2019 Year End Crime Stats (published in 2020)
2019 Media Releases
- January - MPD Data-Driven Policing Assessment
- January - Crime Stats
- April - Crime Stats
- July - Crime Stats
- October- Crime Stats
2019 Newsletters
2018 Media releases
- September - murders, robberies and rapes decline in 3rd quarter 2018
- June - violent crime rate continues to drop
- April - local violent crimes drop during first quarter
- January - murders down, robberies and aggravated assaults up
2018 Newsletters
- January-June - Volume 1
2018 News Items
2017 Media Releases
October 26, 2017 - Murders Down Significantly
October 11 - Juvenile Crime Figures Show Both Encouraging and Some Alarming Trends
July 21 - Murders Down; Aggravated Assaults and Auto Thefts Up
June 29 - Youthful Offenders Drive Violent Crime
2017 News Items
June 28, 2017 - Commercial Appeal
OP-ED: Memphians Deserve To Live In Safe Neighborhoods, And We Have The Plan And Leadership
To Reverse Crime Trends
Archived News Items
Commercial Appeal: Article
WREG News: Video and Article