As homicides fall in D.C., rise in Prince George’s, numbers meet in the middle
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The District and Prince George's County had nearly the same number of homicides in 2011, a major departure from a high 20 years ago, when the city saw 325 more slayings than the county.
It is a shift that reflects a double-digit drop in killings in the District from 2010 to 2011, with especially noticeable downward numbers in the most stubborn crime zones east of the Anacostia River. Just across the border, though, the homicide count in the neighboring communities of Prince George's is surging, and the county as a whole saw a slight increase last year.
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