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According to some analyses, the crime rate in New York City fell even more in the 1990s and 2000s than nationwide and therefore credit should be given to a local dynamic: highly focused policing. In this view, as much as half of the reduction in crime in New York in the 1990s, and almost all in the 2000s, is due to policing. [194]
Major crime in the Big Apple saw a 2% drop in the first few months of the fiscal year — along with a dip in transit crime, an early peek at Mayor Eric Adams' annual report revealed.
The New York City metropolitan area is home to the largest population of Dominican origin in the United States, and as of 2023 Dominicans were the largest Pan-American and Caribbean group in the city, as well as the largest self-identified national group in Manhattan. New York City is also home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel. [5]
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.
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 FBI data, which compares crime rates in the third quarter of 2023 to the same period last year, found that violent crime dropped 8%, while property crime fell 6.3% to what would be its lowest ...
New York County, coterminous with the New York City borough of Manhattan, is the most densely populated U.S. county, with a density of 70,825.6/sq mi (27,345.9/km 2) as of 2013. In 1910, it reached a peak of 101,548/sq mi (39,208/km 2). The county is one of the original counties of New York State.
The new numbers show violent crime from January to March dropped 15.2% compared to the same period in 2023, while murders fell 26.4% and reported rapes decreased by 25.7%.