New York City Murder Rate In 2013 Reaches Historic Low
Source: Huffington Post
New York City had fewer murders in 2013 than any year in its recorded history, according to a statement from the mayor's office.
As of Sunday, December 29, 333 people were murdered in New York City, a 20 percent drop from last year's record low of 417 murders.
The less-than-a-murder-a-day rate is a dramatic change from 2001, when there were 641 murders in New York City, and from 1991, when the murder rate skyrocketed to a record-high 2,245. In 1963, when the NYPD first started recording the number of murders per year, there were 548 homicides in the city.
Twice this year, New York City went for a week or longer without a single murder. During a cold spell in January, the city was murder-less for nine consecutive days. In October, the city went seven straight days without a homicide.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/30/new-york-city-murder-rate-2013_n_4520192.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
seattledo
(295 posts)Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)"Statistics show, however, that 2013's historically low murder rate coincided with a 60 percent drop in police stops."
hack89
(39,171 posts)We have cut our murder rate in half. And that includes those states that have relaxed gun laws.
former9thward
(32,009 posts)They had the same gun control in 1991 when there were the record murders.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)indie9197
(509 posts)about 40% of the homicides in NYC go unsolved. Hmmm. Not much deterent there!
iandhr
(6,852 posts)"
The less-than-a-murder-a-day rate is a dramatic change from 2001, when there were 641 murders in New York City, and from 1991, when the murder rate skyrocketed to a record-high 2,245"
This has something to do with the police.
indie9197
(509 posts)How low would it be if the murderers knew they would likely be caught?
iandhr
(6,852 posts)indie9197
(509 posts)If anyone has anything better...
http://nypost.com/2010/04/25/this-job-is-murder/
Chakab
(1,727 posts)two decades.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Gun nuts are crying in their Viagra/Cialis cocktails.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)But you're welcome to grind your particular axe.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)former9thward
(32,009 posts)NYC has had the same laws for decades. Chicago has even stricter laws and record murders. I guess it wins when you want it to win.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)OnlinePoker
(5,719 posts)It also has year to date, year over year comparison, and 12 and 20 year comparisons.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cscity.pdf