Black communities plagued by high number of homicides, low support for loved ones, data shows.

Predominantly Black neighbourhoods in Toronto are disproportionately impacted by homicides but have the least amount of support services for survivors, according to new research from the University of Toronto.

The report comes from U of T's Centre for Research & Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Victims (The CRIB). The Homicide Tracker — believed to be the first of its kind — looks at killings from 2004 to 2020 by neighbourhood as well as support services available to families and friends who are affected.

"Toronto neighbourhoods with lower socioeconomic status, higher populations of young Black residents and housing instability — those social determinants of homicide — have experienced a steady increase in homicide over the past 10 years," said Tanya Lorraine Sharpe, the founder and director of The CRIB and an associate professor at the University of Toronto's Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work.

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