Fact-check: “Baltimore is a very safe city.”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
Multiple independent primary sources — including FBI Crime Data Explorer data, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions research, and Baltimore Police Department official reports — documented that Baltimore's violent and property crime rates substantially exceed national averages across recent years. While BPD and DOJ sources reported meaningful declines in homicides and shootings between 2021 and 2024, these same sources indicated that Baltimore recorded 201 homicides in 2024 and that s…
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