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Incidents of violent crime remain at historic lows in New York City. But people’s views on guns and crime are often more influenced by what they see and hear, rather than by hard numbers.
Crime rates in New York City have been recorded since at least the 1800s. [1] The highest crime totals were recorded in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the crack epidemic surged, [2] [3] and then declined continuously from around 1990 throughout the 2000s. [4]
Overall index crime across New York City dropped another 2.4 percent in May 2024, compared to the same month last year, with the major crime categories of murder, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny—auto each seeing dramatic reductions.
Citywide, major crime is down 2.3 percent so far this year compared to the first eight months of last year. In August across the five boroughs, the category of murder saw the greatest decrease with 17 fewer killings (15 vs. 32), a hefty 53.1 percent reduction.
Surges in robbery, burglary and other crimes drove a 22 percent increase in overall major crime in New York City last year compared with the year prior, despite a significant drop in...
The reduction in overall crime in New York City continued for a seventh straight month in July 2024, with a decrease of 4.2 percent (11,022 vs. 11,505) compared to July 2023, as major crime in the nation’s largest subway system plummeted to its lowest level in 15 years, absent the pandemic-era aberrations.
Trump appears to have been citing citywide statistics for seven major felony offenses — murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and grand larceny of a motor vehicle — which...