Data Points: Crime Rate Declines By Zip Code
The majority of Memphis zip codes have recorded declines in crimes. It’s a trend line that...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 12, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
The majority of Memphis zip codes have recorded declines in crimes. It’s a trend line that...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 11, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Data Points, Downtown Revitalization | 1
The newspaper article didn’t so much bury the lede as miss it altogether. Faced with a dramatic...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Sep 10, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 2
Urban crime in America is often cyclical and while it’s been decreasing in cities across the U.S....
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Aug 1, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice, Tennessee Legislature | 1
Authoritarian politicians hate nothing more than when their rhetoric is factchecked. The recent...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jun 20, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
There is no “one size fits all” approach to how cities fight crime in the U.S., but a...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jun 17, 2024 | Criminal Justice | 0
The United States is in the grip of far right politicians with no respect for the will of voters. ...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jun 6, 2024 | Criminal Justice | 1
When we posted last Friday that the Memphis metro was #2 (13.79 out of 1,000 workers) in the...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | May 14, 2024 | Criminal Justice, State Government, Tennessee Legislature | 1
The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission recently distributed its annual report and it included a...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Apr 22, 2024 | Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, State Government | 3
Pending in the Tennessee Legislature is the latest magic crimefighting answer by right wing legislators – blended sentencing. As usual, the legislature is pushing ahead in the face of research that questions blended...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 19, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 2
The devil is always in the details – and that’s especially true in politics and government – but...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jan 13, 2024 | Criminal Justice | 4
There is so much that the business leadership could do to help fight crime in Memphis. They could...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jan 12, 2024 | Cartoons, Criminal Justice | 2
As we look ahead to a new year, I have asked some Memphians who care deeply about their city’s...
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Since 2005, this has been Smart City Consulting’s blog with the aim of connecting the dots and providing perspective on issues and policies shaping Memphis. Editor and primary author is Tom Jones, columnist at Memphis magazine, author of two books and a museum exhibition, and consultant on public policy and strategic planning. Smart City Memphis was called one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal wrote: “Smart City Memphis provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis’ past, present, and future you’ll find anywhere,” and the Memphis Flyer said: “This incredibly well-written blog sets out to solves the city’s ills – from the mayor to MATA – with out-of-the-box thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ideas.” If you have questions, submissions, or ideas for posts, please email Tom Jones, at tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.