While hate crimes and murders rise,
city crime stats hit record lows in 2019
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Even amid a troubling rise
in murders and hate crimes,
the NYPD touted a decrease in
overall crime in 2019 during its
year-in-review report released
on Jan. 6.
According to the department’s
findings, in 2019, overall
crime was lower than in 2018,
dropping to a new benchmark
of approximately 95,000 incidents
with 872 fewer victims
than in 2018. The NYPD cites
some of their success to their
efforts to effectively respond to
an increasing volume of calls
for help.
Radio runs increased to 6.4
million in 2019, compared with
4.8 million in 2015, an increase
of roughly 1.5 million radio
runs citywide. Since 2015, response
times for both crimes
in progress and critical crimes
have dropped 23 and 43 seconds,
respectively.
“Every man and woman
who wears an NYPD uniform is
dedicated to serving New Yorkers
in every neighborhood and
to working around the clock to
keep families and individuals
safe from the trauma of crime
and violence. We will not cede
an inch in our mission to vigorously
fight and prevent crime
while, at the same time, continuing
to build trust with the
residents of New York who remain
our greatest partners in
ensuring the highest levels of
public safety for all,” said Police
Commissioner Dermot Shea.
According to the statistics,
burglaries are down -8.7
percent, dropping from 11,777
recorded crimes in 2018 to 10,751
in 2019, and grand larcenies
are down -1.2 percent overall,
decreasing from 43,761 in 2018
to 43,227 in 2019. Crime taking
place in transit also experienced
a -3.4 percent decrease last year.
The NYPD’s reported rape
cases went down 2.5 percent in
2019, going from 137 cases in
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2018 to 103 in 2019. However, the
NYPD acknowledges that rape
cases are continuing to go unreported.
Despite the all-time low, hate
crimes are continuing to grow
throughout the five boroughs,
rising from 356 in 2018 to 428 in
2019. The statistics found that 55
percent of the hate crimes were
anti-Semitic in motivation, rising
from 186 reported crimes in
2018 to 234 in 2019.
The number of murder cases
in 2019 rose from 295 in 2018 to
318 in 2019. Felony assaults, robberies
and grand larceny autos
all saw rises as well, increasing
1.4 percent, 3.1 percent and 0.3
percent, respectively.
With the highs and lows
of crime last year, the NYPD
is committed to focusing on
gangs, crews and the drivers of
violence, in an effort to furthering
their Neighborhood Policing
philosophy and to engage
with the city’s youth to improve
people’s lives, keep guns off the
streets and prevent crime from
occurring. The department is
officially launching a “Youth
Forum,” where NYPD and city
agency partners will work together
to design the most effective
enforcement and prevention
strategies to address rising
youth crime.
“While crime is at a record
low in New York City, there is
more work to do to ensure that
every New Yorker feels safe in
their neighborhood. We will continue
to use precision policing to
target enforcement and deepen
our work with communities to
fight crime,” said Mayor Bill
de Blasio. “With Commissioner
Shea at the helm, I have full confidence
the NYPD will continue
to make our city even safer.”
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