Black-on-Black Crime

I attended a Shelby Police forum this morning at Cleveland Regional Medical Center regarding the black-on-black crime issue in the city.

Thought some of you might find these statistics interesting in regard to Shelby and the county's black population and the crime issues they face. All stats were provided by Shelby Police.

• The Cleveland County School system has 16,849 students enrolled. 4,705 are black (28%).
• Between 2004 and 2006, 711 juveniles were arrested in the city of Shelby. 480 were black (68%). 83 of those crimes involved guns and were committed by juveniles between the age of 11 and 17.
• Between 2004 and 2006, there were 1,065 juveniles arrested in Cleveland County. 499 were black (47%). Of those 499, 283 were boys and 216 were girls.

Between 2002 and 2006, Shelby Police reported:

• 88 violent crimes involving juveniles between the age of 11 and 17. 57 of those crimes had black victims (65%) and 18 involved a gun (20%).
• 28 murders. 25 of the victims were black (89%) 19 were black-on-black (68%)
• 78 rapes. 43 of the victims were black (55%) 40 were black-on-black (51%)
• 616 aggravated assaults. 631 were black victims (some reports had multiple victims) (102 percent) 402 were black-on-black (65%)
• Of the 722 total crimes within these categories there were 659 black victims (97%)
• 1,062 violent crimes. 586 were black-on-black (55%)
• 340 robberies. 125 were black-on-black (37%)

As of Nov. 30, 2006 there were 416 inmates in the Department of Correction that live in Cleveland County. Of these, only 103 (25%) have a 12th grade education. Of those, 42 (41%) are white and 61 (59%) are black

Between Dec. 1, 2005 and Nov. 30, 2006 there were 314 inmates released from prison that live in Cleveland County. 170 (54%) of those released are black. Of those released, only 68 (22%) had a 12th grade education.