Table 1

Predictor balance averaged over preintervention periods for each Safe Streets site, their respective synthetic controls and the pooled unweighted comparison units

	McElderry Park	Synthetic McElderry Park	Unweighted comparison units	Cherry Hill	Synthetic Cherry Hill	Unweighted comparison units	Elwood Park	Synthetic Elwood Park	Unweighted comparison units	Lower Park Heights	Synthetic Lower Park Heights	Unweighted comparison units	Mondawmin	Synthetic Mondawmin	Unweighted comparison units	Sandtown-Winchester	Synthetic Sandtown-Winchester	Unweighted comparison units	Madison-Eastend	Synthetic Madison-Eastend	Unweighted comparison units
Homicide	0.26	0.22	0.15	0.40	0.27	0.15	0.35	0.26	0.15	0.16	0.19	0.14	0.16	0.17	0.14	0.17	0.19	0.14	0.21	0.21	0.15
Non-fatal shootings	0.87	0.78	0.36	0.92	0.62	0.36	1.02	0.62	0.35	0.46	0.50	0.30	0.35	0.42	0.31	0.44	0.40	0.29	0.87	0.54	0.36
Weapon possession arrests	2.04	1.20	0.65	1.17	0.91	0.64	1.65	1.26	0.65	0.90	0.99	0.61	0.73	0.73	0.62	0.71	0.74	0.61	1.01	0.87	0.64
Drug possession arrests	28.50	24.18	8.98	15.96	15.42	9.16	22.16	17.89	9.14	20.39	18.78	8.50	8.72	9.91	8.59	13.98	14.13	7.58	15.20	10.11	9.18
Drug trafficking arrests	16.67	13.28	4.41	5.06	5.06	4.25	11.06	9.01	4.34	6.31	6.86	3.70	4.18	5.01	3.80	5.55	5.91	3.28	10.03	8.34	4.26
Total households	245.5	242.5	352.4	424.3	332.1	352.4	279.9	283.3	352.4	271.1	266.3	352.4	252.0	256.6	352.4	229.1	244.2	352.4	232.6	264.6	352.4
% households below poverty level	0.23	0.30	0.23	0.33	0.25	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.27	0.29	0.23	0.24	0.27	0.23	0.28	0.25	0.23	0.31	0.29	0.23
Total population	712.5	707.2	898.7	1170.4	917.3	898.7	853.9	834.7	898.7	772.2	808.4	898.7	694.9	731.0	898.7	684.9	714.0	898.7	683.2	713.7	898.7
% male population	0.49	0.49	0.47	0.42	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.48	0.47	0.43	0.44	0.47	0.45	0.45	0.47	0.46	0.44	0.47	0.50	0.46	0.47
% male 15–34 years old	0.18	0.15	0.16	0.09	0.14	0.16	0.16	0.14	0.16	0.13	0.15	0.16	0.14	0.15	0.16	0.17	0.14	0.16	0.15	0.14	0.16
% black	0.70	0.78	0.64	0.91	0.84	0.64	0.47	0.62	0.64	0.98	0.95	0.64	0.97	0.90	0.64	1.00	0.94	0.64	0.83	0.83	0.64
% white	0.26	0.19	0.30	0.08	0.14	0.30	0.39	0.34	0.30	0.01	0.03	0.30	0.01	0.07	0.30	0.00	0.03	0.30	0.13	0.14	0.30
Median household income	38 169	30 237	39 993	26 456	34 489	39 993	43 328	34 684	39 993	30 003	30 691	39 993	32 780	31 417	39 993	31 395	33 002	39 993	30 446	31 233	39 993
% vacant housing	0.34	0.33	0.22	0.06	0.20	0.22	0.26	0.27	0.22	0.26	0.28	0.22	0.36	0.29	0.22	0.37	0.31	0.22	0.36	0.30	0.22