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NYPD says crime rates are down in city and on the subway. In a Dec. 3 news release, the New York Police Department (NYPD) reported that crime rates are down in the city: Major crimes were down 1.9 ...
Harlem, a large neighborhood within the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan, has historically had some of the highest rates of poverty and violent crime citywide. [288] Although the rate of crime has decreased compared to historic highs of the early 1990s, high rates of crime are still prevalent in the neighborhood.
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.
Crime rates in New York City spiked over the post-war period as the city experienced white flight. [8] The highest crime totals were recorded in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the crack epidemic surged, [9] [10] and then dropped through the 1990s and 2000s.
So far this year, the NYPD’s 20th Precinct, which encompasses the neighborhood up to West 86th Street, has seen 31% more robberies, 14% more felony assaults, 31% more burglaries and 6% more ...
A new crime-fighting initiative in northeast Queens is slated to bring dozens more cops to the area – and residents couldn’t be happier. The 109th Precinct – covering neighborhoods including ...
Crime rates per capita might also be biased by population size depending on the crime type. [6] This misrepresentation occurs because rates per capita assume that crime increases at the same pace as the number of people in an area. [7] When this linear assumption does not hold, rates per capita still have population effects.
Out of 3,197 crimes reported in Fort Worth’s five entertainment districts from Jan. 1, 2023, to March 10, 2024, the largest number — about 40 percent — happened in the West 7th area ...