List of Birmingham homicides in 1922

This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 1922. It includes homicide cases occurring within the city limits during the calendar year. Note that not all homicides are ultimately ruled to be murder in courts of law.

According to Kenneth Barnhart's survey of Jefferson County Board of Health statistics, Birmingham had 112 homicides in 1922, a rate of 49.1 per 100,000 population. Of those, 31 victims were white (25.7 per 100,000) and 81 were Black (104.8 per 100,000).

Listing

• January 11: Clem Crawford was robbed and killed by a reputed gang of axe murderers.
• January 11: The wife of Clem Crawford was killed in the same attack.
• June 3: One of three members of the Lucia family died following an attack on their shop by a reputed gang of axe murderers.
• November 6: Abraham Levine was robbed and killed by a reputed gang of axe murderers.

References

• Birmingham News reports accessed at the microfilm room of the Birmingham Public Library
• Barnhart, Kenneth E. (July 1932) "Negro homicides in the United States." Opportunity. Vol. 10, No. 7, pp. 212–214

See also

• Birmingham homicides by year