Sheriff’s detectives investigated 21 homicides in 2022, compared to 34 the previous year. Those numbers include homicides that happened in unincorporated Jefferson County and in some smaller cities.
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Crime in unincorporated Jefferson County dropped 5 percent in 2022, with a double digit decrease in homicides, according to sheriff’s officials. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday released its crime statistics for last year, which included a 38 percent reduction in homicides. Sheriff’s detectives investigated 21 homicides in 2022, compared to 34 the previous year. Those numbers include homicides that happened in unincorporated Jefferson County and in some smaller cities – such as Fairfield and Brighton – that were investigated by the sheriff’s office.In all of Jefferson County, 194 homicides countywide in 2022, compared to 213 in 2021.
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