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NYC Crime

Since peaking in the 1990s, the crime rate in New York City has fallen more sharply than the national average, with violent crime rates dropping 79.4% compared to 34.2% nationally from 1990 to 2010. However, this drop in crime has been uneven across NYC neighborhoods. Areas with very high crime rates that utilized aggressive policing strategies like stop-and-frisk saw disproportionately large decreases in crime, while more affluent low-crime neighborhoods experienced smaller reductions. Sociologists debate the causes of NYC's steeper decline and the uneven effects, pointing to factors like hot-spot policing and proactive policing as possible contributors.

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NYC Crime

Since peaking in the 1990s, the crime rate in New York City has fallen more sharply than the national average, with violent crime rates dropping 79.4% compared to 34.2% nationally from 1990 to 2010. However, this drop in crime has been uneven across NYC neighborhoods. Areas with very high crime rates that utilized aggressive policing strategies like stop-and-frisk saw disproportionately large decreases in crime, while more affluent low-crime neighborhoods experienced smaller reductions. Sociologists debate the causes of NYC's steeper decline and the uneven effects, pointing to factors like hot-spot policing and proactive policing as possible contributors.

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Drop in NYC crime outpaces U.S.

-- neighborhoods bene t unevenly


Since peaking in the 1990s, the crime rate in the Big Apple has fallen more sharply than the U.S. average, ba ing experts and policymakers alike.
Violent crime on the wane
Over the last two decades, crime in New York City has fallen by so much, in fact, that the per capita violent crime rate has in recent years come more into line with the national average. For this reason, crime in the city has largely vanished as an issue. 596
*For statistical purposes, the following four o enses are considered violent crimes: aggravated assault, robbery, rape, and murder.

Violent Crimes per 1000 2384 NYC

Drop in NYC crime rate doubles U.S. average


404 Why has the city seen an additional thirty percent drop in violent crime as compared to the entire country? Has urban policing improved? Are there fewer criminals? Has the NYC justice system become better at making sure criminals are o the streets? Sociologists and policy makers continue to look for answers.

% Change in Crime 1990-2010 USA NYC

491 USA 392 2010

- 34.2%

1990

-79.4%

Drop in crime distributed unevenly across New York City neighborhoods


Sociologists are unsure of how to explain the uneven drop in crime. Some argue that new law enforcement methods, such as hot-spot policing, where more o cers are placed in high-crime areas and less in a uent or low-crime areas, may contribute to the disparity. Others, such as sociologist Franklin Zimring, argue that polcies such as stop-and-frisk have been used mostly in areas of very high crime, yielding disproportionate results in those areas. Such policies erect barriers to committing crimes, and stop them before they happen.

1. WEST QUEENS

-47% -46%

4 2

2. LOWER MANHATTAN

3. SOUTH BROOKLYN

-43%

Size of drop in crime rate (2001-2011)

4. UPPER MANHATTAN

-39% -31% -30% -26% -23% -17%

Smallest

Largest

5. NORTH BRONX

1 8 3 9 6

6. EAST QUEENS

7. SOUTH BRONX

8. STATEN ISLAND

9. NORTH BROOKLYN

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