Salinas has seen a large drop in the number of homicides both attempted and carried out over the last three years. Police says that in 2016, reported attempted homicide stood at about 115. 2017 saw about 90 attempts on someone’s life. This year, however, Salinas Police say only about 45 homicide attempts have been made.
The number of actual homicides went from 36 in 2016 to about 14 so far this year.
