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Major crimes including murder, assaults and robberies plummeted city-wide during the first month of the year, according to the NYPD. Overall crime for the seven major categories dropped 16.8% last ...
Crime on the New York City Subway reached a peak in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with the city's subway having a crime rate higher than that of any other mass transit system in the world. [137] During the 2000s, the subway had a lower crime rate, as crime started dropping in the 1990s.
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 boroughs of Queens and Staten Island have historically had lower crime rates compared to Brooklyn, The Bronx and Manhattan. 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.
Here are crime totals for places outside New York City in 2023 and how they compared to 2019 levels: Larceny: 133,047 (10.9% increase) Vehicle theft: 20,615 (186.6% increase)
Police release CompStat crime data every week for the seven days ending on Sunday. Instead ... NYC crime is down as summer heats up, NYPD data show — murders drop 31%, shootings decline 32%
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.
The NYPD, which has its hands tied by New York State's lenient bail reforms and protections for violent juveniles criminals, also grapples with the Big Apples migrant-friendly 'sanctuary' status.