Tuesday, September 5, 2017

New York City Murder Rate Heading Toward Historic Low, Stats Show

  
By John Annese and Graham Rayman
 
Murders in New York City are on track to hit another historic low, according to NYPD statistics for the first eight months of the year.

The city has seen 179 homicides this year as of Sept. 1 — a 22.5% drop compared to the 231 homicides in the same period in 2016, the Daily News has learned.

If the trend continues through New Year’s Eve, the city could be on track to shatter the record low of 333 set in 2014.

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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report) 

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