Saturday, January 2, 2016

Hamilton Finishes With Six Homicides In 2015, 1.35 Per 100,000 Inhabitants (Toronto 2.10)

Hamilton ends up finishing with six murders in 2015, down one from 2014. Note that is the city, not the census area. Using the somewhat out of date Statscan population of 520K from 2011, that's a murder rate of 1.15 per 100,000 inhabitants. To contrast with Toronto which had 55 murders in 2015, or a murder rate of 2.10 per 100,000 (based over the Statscan 2011 population number of 2,615K). Four murders were in the lower city. None on the Mountain, one each in Ancaster and Waterdown. You can find a list of the seven 2014 murders in Hamilton here.


Date of MurderVictim Victim's Age Cause of Death City Ward Suspect
January 8th, 2015Nathan Miller 20 Shooting 3 (28 Madison Avenue) Male 15, Jemaal Wilson, 20, Shamoiey Akindejoye 21
March 25th, 2015Renee Neganiwina 26 Fire? 4 (561 Kenilworth Avenue) Joseph Snelgrove, 38
May 15th, 2015William McConville 40 Beating 2 (Stinson and Victoria) Gordon Eugene O'Hara, 33, and Joshua Vernon O'Hara, 27
August 12th, 2015Shariek Douse 18 Shooting 2 (MacNab Street North and Simcoe Street) N/A
August 13th?, 2015Lori Constable 55 Asphyxiation 15 (Riley Street, Waterdown) Wayne Constable, 55 (husband, deceased, murder suicide
December 21st, 2015Carmon Ward 60 Shooting 12 (Miller Drive, Ancaster) N/A

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