Birmingham city leaders are engaged in a multifaceted approach to address its most pressing challenge of reducing homicides, Mayor Randall Woodfin said this afternoon. But the answer is not simple. Woodfin,

Birmingham Mayor, Randal Woodfin hosted his State of the City Address on Tuesday. The mayor focused on city safety issues such as violence prevention and policing. Mayor Woodfin said that less than 1% of the city’s population is responsible for more than 50% of the city’s crime.