Violence Prevention in Memphis and Shelby County: Resources
Learn more about the work that Memphis and Shelby county are doing:
See the overarching work of Memphis Fast Forward
Learn more at the Memphis Crime Commission website:
- Read the Operation: Safe Community plan (PDF, 149 pages)
- Read the Memphis Youth Violence Prevention Plan (PDF, 55 pages)
- See recent data and outcomes related to Operation: Safe Community
Learn more about the Defending Childhood Initiative website:
- View the Department of Justice’s Defending Childhood website
Learn more about the National Forum on Youth Violence:
- See how the federal government is collaborating around youth violence prevention
- See other communities’ violence prevention plans
- Learn how to make a violence prevention plan for your community
- Memphis has moved itself off the top of the list of cities with the highest crime rate and improved its climate for economic growth.
- Reductions in violent and property crimes in Memphis and Shelby County:
- From January 1 to July 31, 2011, major violent crime (i.e., murder, forcible rape, aggravated assault, and robbery) in Memphis has decreased 26.9 percent when compared to the same time period in 2006.
- Major property crime in Memphis also declined over the past five years, down 32.4 percent across the city when compared to the first seven months of 2006.
- From January 1 to July 31, 2011, major violent crime was down 26.8 percent, including a drop in robbery by 45.3 percent and a drop in aggravated assault by 16.9 percent across all jurisdictions of Shelby County, when compared to the same time period in 2006.
- Major property crime has decreased by 32.4 percent with a 28.4 percent drop in burglaries and a 53.8 percent decline in motor vehicle theft throughout the county, when compared to the same time period in 2006 (The University of Memphis & Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, 2011).
Note: Accomplishments reflect outcomes of Operation Safe Community. Both the Defending Childhood Initiative and Memphis Youth Violence Prevention Plan are in early stages of implementation.
