The City of Milwaukee has set a new record for the number of homicides in one year. The City set the record with 165 murders in 1991. That was surpassed over the weekend when police reported two additional homicides, a 16 year old male and a 28 year old man. Milwaukee County broke the record for the number of homicides in a year with 174 as of Oct. 26. The previous record was set in 1993. .