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 Article Date(s) | Headline(s) | Folder
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+Oct. 6, 2016 | [A Handful Of Cities Are Driving 2016’s Rise In Murders](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-handful-of-cities-are-driving-2016s-rise-in-murders/) | `murder_2016`
 Sept. 16, 2016 | [When Does Praying In Public Make Others Uncomfortable?](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/when-does-praying-in-public-make-others-uncomfortable/) | `religion-survey`
 Sept. 8, 2016 | [The Rams Are Dead To Me, So I Answered 3,352 Questions To Find A New NFL Team](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-rams-are-dead-to-me-so-i-answered-3352-questions-to-find-a-new-team/) | `nfl-favorite-team`
 July 14, 2016 | [Hip-Hop Is Turning On Donald Trump](http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/clinton-trump-hip-hop-lyrics/) | `hip-hop-candidate-lyrics`
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+### 2016 murder data
+
+The raw data behind the story [A Handful Of Cities Are Driving 2016's Rise In Murder](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-handful-of-cities-are-driving-2016s-rise-in-murders/)
+
+There are two files:
+
+`murder_2016_prelim.csv` contains preliminary 2016 murder counts for 79 large U.S. cities. 2015 figures are counts through the same data a year ago. Sources are listed in the file.
+
+`murder_2015_final.csv` contains full-year 2014 and 2015 murder counts for all U.S. cities with at least 250,000 residents. Source is FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
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+city,state,2014_murders,2015_murders,change
+Baltimore,Maryland,211,344,133
+Chicago,Illinois,411,478,67
+Houston,Texas,242,303,61
+Cleveland,Ohio,63,120,57
+Washington,D.C.,105,162,57
+Milwaukee,Wisconsin,90,145,55
+Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,248,280,32
+Kansas City,Missouri,78,109,31
+Nashville,Tennessee,41,72,31
+St. Louis,Missouri,159,188,29
+Oklahoma City,Oklahoma,45,73,28
+Louisville,Kentucky,56,81,25
+Denver,Colorado,31,53,22
+Los Angeles,California,260,282,22
+Dallas,Texas,116,136,20
+New York,New York,333,352,19
+Orlando,Florida,15,32,17
+Minneapolis,Minnesota,31,47,16
+Omaha,Nebraska,32,48,16
+Sacramento,California,28,43,15
+Anchorage,Alaska,12,26,14
+Charlotte-Mecklenburg,North Carolina,47,61,14
+New Orleans,Louisiana,150,164,14
+Albuquerque,New Mexico,30,43,13
+Aurora,Colorado,11,24,13
+Fort Wayne,Indiana,12,25,13
+Long Beach,California,23,36,13
+Durham,North Carolina,21,34,13
+Indianapolis,Indiana,136,148,12
+Newark,New Jersey,93,104,11
+Tulsa,Oklahoma,46,55,9
+Portland,Oregon,26,34,8
+San Francisco,California,45,53,8
+Cincinnati,Ohio,60,66,6
+Tampa,Florida,28,34,6
+Bakersfield,California,17,22,5
+Colorado Springs,Colorado,20,25,5
+Las Vegas,Nevada,122,127,5
+Oakland,California,80,85,5
+San Diego,California,32,37,5
+St. Paul,Minnesota,11,16,5
+Anaheim,California,14,18,4
+Greensboro,North Carolina,23,26,3
+Jersey City,New Jersey,24,27,3
+Mesa,Arizona,13,16,3
+Fort Worth,Texas,54,56,2
+Virginia Beach,Virginia,17,19,2
+Irvine,California,0,2,2
+Atlanta,Georgia,93,94,1
+Henderson,Nevada,3,4,1
+Jacksonville,Florida,96,97,1
+Raleigh,North Carolina,16,17,1
+Wichita,Kansas,26,27,1
+Chandler,Arizona,1,1,0
+Plano,Texas,4,4,0
+Stockton,California,49,49,0
+Toledo,Ohio,24,24,0
+Chula Vista,California,7,6,-1
+Phoenix,Arizona,114,112,-2
+Riverside,California,12,10,-2
+San Jose,California,32,30,-2
+Detroit,Michigan,298,295,-3
+Seattle,Washington,26,23,-3
+El Paso,Texas,21,17,-4
+Tucson,Arizona,35,31,-4
+Arlington,Texas,13,8,-5
+Lexington,Kentucky,20,15,-5
+Memphis,Tennessee,140,135,-5
+St. Petersburg,Florida,19,14,-5
+Columbus,Ohio,83,77,-6
+Honolulu,Hawaii,21,15,-6
+Laredo,Texas,14,8,-6
+Lincoln,Nebraska,7,1,-6
+Miami,Florida,81,75,-6
+Santa Ana,California,18,12,-6
+Mobile,Alabama,31,24,-7
+Fresno,California,47,39,-8
+Austin,Texas,32,23,-9
+San Antonio,Texas,103,94,-9
+Corpus Christi,Texas,27,17,-10
+Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,69,57,-12
+Boston,Massachusetts,53,38,-15
+Buffalo,New York,60,41,-19
diff --git a/murder_2016/murder_2016_prelim.csv b/murder_2016/murder_2016_prelim.csv
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+city,state,2015_murders,2016_murders,change,source,as_of
+Chicago,Illinois,378,536,158,https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/News/Crime%20Statistics,10/2/2016
+Orlando,Florida,19,73,54,OPD ,9/22/2016
+Memphis,Tennessee,114,158,44,MPD,9/11/2016
+Phoenix,Arizona,72,111,39,PPD ,8/31/2016
+Las Vegas,Nevada,90,125,35,http://www.lvmpd.com/Sections/Homicide/HomicideLog/tabid/454/Default.aspx,9/28/2016
+San Antonio,Texas,78,111,33,SAPD ,9/26/2016
+Louisville,Kentucky,52,79,27,https://louisvilleky.gov/government/police/lmpd-transparency,8/31/2016
+Dallas,Texas,95,118,23,DPD,8/31/2016
+Houston,Texas,191,212,21,http://www.houstontx.gov/police/cs/index-2.htm,8/31/2016
+Fort Wayne,Indiana,17,34,17,FWPD ,9/26/2016
+Atlanta,Georgia,68,85,17,http://www.atlantapd.org/crimedatadownloads.aspx,9/24/2016
+Indianapolis,Indiana,102,117,15,IPD ,10/2/2016
+Austin,Texas,13,28,15,http://www.austintexas.gov/page/chiefs-monthly-reports,8/31/2016
+Kansas City,Missouri,77,90,13,http://kcmo.gov/police/homicide-3/crime-stats/,10/4/2016
+Arlington,Texas,4,17,13,http://www.arlington-tx.gov/police/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/08/UCR-Crime-Summary.pdf,8/31/2016
+San Jose,California,22,35,13,http://www.sjpd.org/CrimeStats/updates/Part_One_Crimes_Reported_YTD.pdf?cacheID=20160921,8/31/2016
+Albuquerque,New Mexico,35,46,11,APD ,9/21/2016
+Jacksonville,Florida,67,78,11,JPSO ,9/21/2016
+Santa Ana,California,10,20,10,SAPD ,9/21/2016
+Tulsa,Oklahoma,43,52,9,TPD ,9/27/2016
+Lincoln,Nebraska,0,9,9,http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/police/stats/stats.htm,8/31/2016
+Stockton,California,30,38,8,SPD ,9/21/2016
+Anchorage,Alaska,19,26,7,APD ,9/27/2016
+Buffalo,New York,31,38,7,http://www.bpdny.org/Home/Statistics,9/24/2016
+San Diego,California,23,30,7,http://crimestats.arjis.org/default.aspx,8/31/2016
+Mobile,Alabama,6,12,6,https://www.mobilepd.org/precinct/pdf/UCR_April_Public.pdf,4/30/2016
+Greensboro,North Carolina,15,20,5,http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=29678,10/2/2016
+Durham,North Carolina,25,30,5,https://durhamnc.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2419,10/1/2016
+Detroit,Michigan,216,221,5,DPD ,9/25/2016
+St. Petersburg,Florida,9,14,5,SPPD ,8/31/2016
+Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,209,213,4,https://www.phillypolice.com/crime-maps-stats/,10/4/2016
+Long Beach,California,25,29,4,http://homicide.latimes.com/neighborhood/long-beach/year/2016,9/20/2016
+Lexington,Kentucky,13,16,3,LPD ,9/28/2016
+Aurora,Colorado,13,16,3,APD ,9/21/2016
+Jersey City,New Jersey,11,14,3,http://www.njjcpd.org/node/5,8/31/2016
+Plano,Texas,2,5,3,http://www.plano.gov/DocumentCenter/View/119,8/31/2016
+Colorado Springs,Colorado,12,15,3,http://www.krdo.com/news/local-news/springs-womans-shooting-death-ruled-homicide-/73436432,8/2/2016
+Toledo,Ohio,5,8,3,TPD ,6/24/2016
+El Paso,Texas,12,14,2,ELPD ,9/21/2016
+Laredo,Texas,7,9,2,LPD ,9/21/2016
+Nashville,Tennessee,47,49,2,NPD ,9/21/2016
+Oklahoma City,Oklahoma,28,30,2,OKCPD ,6/30/2016
+Henderson,Nevada,1,3,2,HPD ,4/30/2016
+Chandler,Arizona,2,3,1,CPD ,9/21/2016
+Denver,Colorado,32,33,1,https://www.denvergov.org/content/dam/denvergov/Portals/720/documents/statistics/2016/UCR_Citywide_Reported_Offenses_2016.pdf,8/31/2016
+Riverside,California,6,7,1,http://www.riversideca.gov/rpd/crstats/cstats.asp,8/31/2016
+Bakersfield,California,21,22,1,BPD ,6/23/2016
+Boston,Massachusetts,28,28,0,BPD ,9/27/2016
+Cincinnati,Ohio,50,50,0,http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/police/crime-statistics/city-wide-stars-report/,9/24/2016
+Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,46,46,0,PPD ,9/21/2016
+Columbus,Ohio,71,70,-1,CPD ,9/24/2016
+Raleigh,North Carolina,8,7,-1,RPD ,7/17/2016
+Corpus Christi,Texas,10,9,-1,CCPD ,6/24/2016
+Charlotte-Mecklenburg,North Carolina,27,25,-2,http://charlottenc.gov/CMPD/Safety/Pages/CrimeStats.aspx,6/30/2016
+New Orleans,Louisiana,130,127,-3,NOPD ,9/27/2016
+San Francisco,California,35,32,-3,SFPD ,9/27/2016
+Seattle,Washington,17,14,-3,http://www.seattle.gov/seattle-police-department/crime-data/crime-dashboard,8/31/2016
+St. Louis,Missouri,136,133,-3,http://www.slmpd.org/crime_stats.shtml,8/31/2016
+Honolulu,Hawaii,12,9,-3,HPD ,6/30/2016
+Wichita,Kansas,13,10,-3,MCCA,6/30/2016
+Virginia Beach,Virginia,17,13,-4,https://eprodmz.vbgov.com/MainUI/Crimes/CrimeSearch.aspx,9/30/2016
+Newark,New Jersey,76,72,-4,http://npd.newarkpublicsafety.org/comstat,9/25/2016
+Los Angeles,California,209,205,-4,http://assets.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/cityprof.pdf,9/17/2016
+Chula Vista,California,5,1,-4,http://crimestats.arjis.org/default.aspx,8/31/2016
+Portland,Oregon,19,14,-5,PPD ,9/21/2016
+Tucson,Arizona,23,18,-5,TPD ,9/21/2016
+Anaheim,California,10,4,-6,APD ,6/27/2016
+Cleveland,Ohio,96,89,-7,CPD ,9/26/2016
+Minneapolis,Minnesota,34,26,-8,http://www.minneapolismn.gov/police/statistics/crime-statistics_codefor_arrests,10/3/2016
+Sacramento,California,31,21,-10,SPD ,9/22/2016
+Fresno,California,30,19,-11,http://www.fresno.gov/CityOfFresno/Templates/StandardTemplate.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bA9D853FB-EBA4-4900-8435-B880D98AE480%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fGovernment%2fDepartmentDirectory%2fPolice%2fAboutFresnoPD%2fCrimeReportsandStatistics%2fMonthlyCrimeStatistics%2ehtm&NRCACHEHINT=Guest,7/31/2016
+Fort Worth,Texas,61,49,-12,FWPD ,9/27/2016
+Oakland,California,65,52,-13,http://www2.oaklandnet.com/government/o/OPD/s/Statistics/index.htm,10/2/2016
+Washington,D.C.,119,105,-14,http://mpdc.dc.gov/page/district-crime-data-glance,9/30/2016
+New York,New York,266,252,-14,https://compstat.nypdonline.org/,9/25/2016
+Omaha,Nebraska,34,20,-14,http://dataomaha.com/homicides,9/5/2016
+Miami,Florida,62,45,-17,MPD ,9/21/2016
+Baltimore,Maryland,249,230,-19,https://data.baltimorecity.gov/Public-Safety/Summarized-Crime-Data-By-District-Week-26/4nh3-w6zf,10/1/2016
+Milwaukee,Wisconsin,105,84,-21,http://itmdapps.milwaukee.gov/publicApplication_SR/policeDistrict/policeDistrictfm.faces,9/28/2016