How refreshing, to have good news.
In 2012, New York City has had the lowest number of recorded homicides since records have been kept. Peaking in the low-2000 range in the early 1990s, the previous record low was 471 in 2009, before jumping back up to 508 last year. Now down to 414 at the end of 2012.
Mayor Blumberg attributes the decline to better policing on the streets and more attention to prevention, especially the police force's active and early intervention in domestic violence disputes.
One category of major crimes did increase, rather dramatically: theft. In fact, theft of one particular type, Apple products. The total number of reported Apple iphones, ipads, etc stolen was more than enough to account for the overall increase in theft crime.
They are popular items, but I'm cynical enough to wonder how many were actually "stolen," as opposed to "reported stolen" in order to get a new one model from insurance coverage.
Ralph
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