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In 2007, New York City had 494 reported homicides, down from 596 homicides in 2006, and the first year since 1963 (when crime statistics were starting to be published) that this total was fewer than 500. [208] though homicides rose (to 523) in 2008, [209] they fell again in 2009 to 466, an almost fifty-year low.
Since 1985, the Bronx has consistently had the highest murder and violent crime rate among the five boroughs. [13] Since 2017, murders in the city have increased bucking the trend. Murders in New York City surged in 2020 by 47% to 468 from 319 the year prior, one of the most significant increases in the city's history, but still lower than any ...
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.
The NYPD stats show that: Murders dropped 24% from 33 in January 2024 to 25 this January. Robberies sank 26%, from 1,436 to 1,063. Felony assaults decreased 6.9% from 2,130 to 1,983.
Fear of crime is back as a political issue in New York City. The violence is still well short of the historic highs of the 1990s, or even in the New York of the early 2000s. “No one is coming to ...
In 2019, the state with the lowest violent crime rate was Maine, with a rate of 115.2 per 100,000 residents, while the state with the highest violent crime rate was Alaska, with a rate of 867.1 per 100,000. [106] However, the District of Columbia, the U.S. capital district, had a violent crime rate of 1,049.0 per 100,000 in 2019. [106]
New state data shows overall crime rose in New York in areas outside New York City due to increases in thefts, despite a violent crime drop. ... they have risen every year since 2019 and last year ...
Its incarceration rate is 633 per 100,000 people, compared to the boroughwide rate of 407 per 100,000 and the citywide rate of 425 per 100,000. [ 9 ] : 8 In 2019, the highest concentrations of felony assaults in Hamilton Heights were near the intersection of 135th Street and Broadway , where there were 10 felony assaults, and near the ...