All of these points belong to a single "state" -- Washington, D.C.. Now, D.C. is an outlier for one obvious reason -- it's a single urban area, and thus should really be compared to other cities. Still, this murder rate is remarkably high. Furthermore, it has an interesting time dependence -- the 90s were a terrible decade for crime in D.C., when it earned the nickname of the "Murder Capital of the United States."

It turns out there is an entire Wikipedia Page about crime rates in D.C.. The high murder rates were driven by the spread of crack cocaine, combined with an affluent exodus out of the city and into the suburbs. Since the 90s, Gentrification and economic projects have pushed murder rates back down.

Sexual Assault Rates¶

Glue's basic workflow of brusing and inter-comparing several plots is surprisingly versatile. For example, one way to tease out the crime trends of each state over time is to color the first and last year of data. Here are some plots that do that, to examine the rate of rape in each state.