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Table 1 Number of taxicab driver homicides, average number of licensed cabs and average taxicab driver homicide rate

From: Cities with camera-equipped taxicabs experience reduced taxicab driver homicide rates: United States, 1996–2010

 

Number of Taxicab Driver Homicides

Average Number of Licensed Cabs

Average Taxicab Driver Homicide Rate§

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

  

Cameras

                 

City 1

    

1

  

1

       

382

0.35

City 2

 

1

1

1

   

1

1

      

1422

0.33

City 3

 

1

1

  

1

  

1

     

2

2092

0.19

City 4

 

1

1

1

   

1

   

1

  

1

1861

0.22

City 5

               

669

0.00

City 6

 

1

1

1

  

1

        

1353

0.22

City 7

 

1

    

1

 

1

      

648

0.31

Partitions

                 

City 8

3

2

1

1

     

1

2

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

1400

0.60

City 9

 

2

             

1685

0.09

City 10

2

5

1

 

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

    

6646

0.19

City 11

   

1

    

1

1

     

750

0.27

City 12

   

2

1

2

1

1

1

 

1

    

2169

0.28

City 13

 

2

  

1

1

1

3

  

1

 

1

 

1

1650

0.44

Control

                 

City 14

  

1

  

1

 

1

   

1

 

1

 

1548

0.22

City 15

   

1

    

1

     

2

462

0.60

City 16

  

1

   

1

 

1

      

821

0.28

City 17

               

250

0.00

City 18

               

332

0.00

City 19

  

2

1

           

915

0.23

City 20

N/A

N/A

N/A

            

577

0.00

  1. Shaded areas designate year of camera or partition implementation.
  2. §per 1,000 cab drivers.
  3. Cities with ordinance mandating taxicab cameras.
  4. These cities did not experience any taxicab driver homicides during the timespan studied.
  5. N/A indicates crime reports not available for this time period.