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Checked against the record · Virginia 1st District 2026

Has Shannon Taylor overseen an 86% drop in Henrico's murder rate?

Matches stated record claim. Henrico Police counted 22 homicides in 2024 and 3 in 2025, an 86% drop in the count, and the report does not measure the prosecutor's role.

Shannon L. Taylor

An 86% drop in Henrico murders

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What they say

Her campaign says she has overseen an 86% drop in Henrico's murder rate over the past year.

“Shannon has overseen an 86% drop in Henrico’s murder rate over the past year.”

What the record shows · Dec 31, 2025

Henrico Police's 2025 crime report counts 22 homicides in 2024 and 3 in 2025, which it calls an 86% decrease.

Limit: The figure is a count of homicides, not a rate per resident. The police report does not measure what the prosecutor's office did. Her own pages also give the drop as 80% and "over 80%".

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  1. Shannon Taylor for Congress, homehttps://shannontaylorva.com/

    Shannon Taylor for VA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Captured 2026-10-01; identified by its "Paid for by Shannon Taylor for VA" line, and the FEC committee's filed website. Carries her biography and priorities and links her X, Facebook and Instagram accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Has Shannon Taylor overseen an 86% drop in Henrico's murder rate?

  2. 2025 Henrico Police crime statistics, Part I crimes (document)

    Henrico County Division of Police · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The county police division's annual report. Homicides by year: 15 (2020), 25, 30, 24, 22 (2024), 3 (2025); it calls 2025 an 86% decrease from 2024. PDF sha256 457e51ec...a5276250, read 2026-10-01.

    official office record

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