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According to the [city homicide] statistics, the Nickerson Gardens and Jordan Downs projects together contributed only eight murders to the Southeast Division's total of 76 last year [2003], said Det. Sal LaBarbera. And until Tuesday, none of the division's 20 murders this year had occurred inside Nickerson, he said. Many other neighborhoods near public-housing projects rank among the worst for homicides, according to a Times analysis of homicide data over the past 15 years. Among the places with the highest concentrations of homicides in the city, for example, are pockets of private housing surrounding 62nd and Crenshaw Boulevard and Figueroa and 83rd Streets, as well as parts of the LAPD's Rampart Division around MacArthur Park. Business districts stretching along major north-south boulevards in South Los Angeles, such as Broadway and Western Avenue, also rank high for homicide risk.