Weekly Shooting Trends January 1 – December 19, 2022 Indianapolis, Indiana.
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BACKGROUND Indianapolis experienced a violent weekend of fatal and non-fatal shooting incidents between Saturday, December 17th and Sunday, December 18th, 2022. This report explores whether there are specific months, weeks, or days associated with higher rates of shooting incidents. OBJECTIVE Examine weekly (Saturday through Sunday) trending of fatal and non-fatal shooting incidents in Indianapolis between January 1, 2022 – December 19, 2022. KEY FINDINGS 5% of all non-fatal shootings reported thus far in 2022 occurred in a span of three days: Saturday, December 17 – Monday, December 19. December 18 tied with October 6 for the largest number of shootings reported in a single day (2% each of the total for the year). The number of non-fatal shootings which occurred during the weekend of December 17-18 is 4 times higher than the average number of non-fatal shootings per weekend in 2022. Sundays are the most common day of week for all 2022 shootings reported in Indianapolis (20% of the total). More people were victims of shootings on Sundays (22% of all victims) than any other day of week. The rate of non-fatal shootings reported per day in December is currently 49% higher than any other month in 2022 and 78% above the average.