Homicides in Cleveland up 43% in 2020. Community leaders are asking city leaders to not ignore it.

In Cleveland Police’s year end report, it showed the city saw 176 criminal homicides in 2020 vs. 2019, that’s a 43% increase. But some neighborhoods, like Glenville in district 5, bear the brunt more than others. 44 of those criminal homicides were in the fifth district.