New York Crime Rate

Bloomberg Says NYC Crime Is Down

Posted 12.29.2011

Mayor Bloomberg held a news conference on Wednesday to announce that New York City crime was down in 2011, despite statistics saying that major crime ...

How Safe Are New York Streets For Women?

Posted 05.25.2011

Mayor Bloomberg says women should feel safer than ever in New York City. But some women disagree with Bloomberg's assertion that females "could walk ...

Kelly Annouces New Panel To Review Iffy Crime Stats

Posted 05.25.2011

The New Year reliably brings a slew of statistics about New York City's poverty levels, employment and crime rates. But critics are charging that rec...

Brooklyn's 75th Precinct Facing Rising Tide Of Crime

nydailynews.com | By Rocco Parascandola | Posted 05.25.2011

The 75th Precinct in East New York, Brooklyn, leads the city when it comes to the four most violent crimes: murders, rapes, robberies and felony assau...

NYPD Stats: City Murder Rate Up 23% In 2010

nydailynews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Murders are up sharply in the city this year, with startling increases in gunplay across the five boroughs, a Daily News study of NYPD statistics show...

NYPD: Record-Setting Drop In Crime, 457 Murders Projected

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg say 2009 is another record-setting year in crime reduction. New f...

Brooklyn Crime Rate May Be Low But Residents Still Live In Fear

nydailynews.com | By Jake Pearson | Posted 05.25.2011

When it comes to crime, East New York continues to be a world apart from the borough and the rest of the city: Murders rose, logging a 41% increase l...

NYC On Pace For Record-Low Number Of Murders

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — More New Yorkers are out of work, and the cash-strapped city isn't graduating a new class of police cadets this year. And yet crime i...